1 Kings 22:17

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then Micaiah said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd, and the Lord said, ‘These have no master; let each one go home in peace.’ ”

Cross References

1 Kings 22:16

But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?”

Isaiah 13:14

Like a gazelle on the run or like sheep with no one to gather them, all will turn back to their own people, and all will flee to their own lands.

Jeremiah 28:8

The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and pestilence against many countries and great kingdoms.

Jeremiah 50:17

Israel is a hunted sheep driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured it, and now at the end King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon has gnawed its bones.

Jeremiah 50:6

My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains; from mountain to hill they have gone, they have forgotten their fold.

Ezekiel 1:4

As I looked, a stormy wind came out of the north: a great cloud with brightness around it and fire flashing forth continually and in the middle of the fire something like gleaming amber.

Nahum 3:18

Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; your nobles slumber. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.

Zechariah 10:2

For the teraphim utter nonsense, and the diviners see lies; the dreamers tell false dreams and give empty consolation. Therefore the people wander like sheep; they suffer for lack of a shepherd.

Zechariah 13:7

“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate,” says the Lord of hosts. “Strike the shepherd, that the sheep may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.

Numbers 24:3

and he uttered his oracle, saying, “The oracle of Balaam son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eye is clear,

Numbers 24:4

the oracle of one who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, who falls down but with eyes uncovered:

Numbers 27:17

who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the Lord may not be like sheep without a shepherd.”

Matthew 9:36

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Mark 6:34

As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

1 Samuel 9:9

(Formerly in Israel, anyone who went to inquire of God would say, “Come, let us go to the seer,” for the one who is now called a prophet was formerly called a seer.)