1 Peter 5:2

Tree of Life Version

shepherd God’s flock among you. Watch over it not under compulsion but willingly before God, not for dishonest gain but eagerly.

Cross References

2 Kings 12:6

let the kohanim receive it, each from one of the treasurers, so they may repair the damage to the House wherever any damage is found.”

Song of Solomon 1:8

If you yourself do not know, O most beautiful among women, go out yourself in the footsteps of the flock and graze your kids by the shepherds’ tents.

Isaiah 40:11

Like a shepherd, He tends His flock. He gathers the lambs in His arms carries them in his bosom, and gently guides nursing ewes.

Isaiah 56:11

and the dogs are greedy— they never have enough. They are shepherds with no discernment. They have all turned to their own way, each to his own gain, one and all.

Isaiah 6:8

Then I heard the voice of Adonai saying: “Whom should I send, and who will go for Us?” So I said, “Hineni. Send me.”

Isaiah 63:11

Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses: “Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherd of His flock? Where is He who put among them His Ruach ha-Kodesh?

Jeremiah 13:17

But if you will not listen, my soul will sob in secret before such pride, and my eyes will weep bitterly and overflow with tears, for Adonai’s flock will be taken captive.

Jeremiah 13:20

Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock given to you, Your beautiful sheep?

Jeremiah 6:13

“For from the least to the greatest, all of them are greedy for gain, and from prophet even to kohen, everyone practices deceit.

Jeremiah 8:10

Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to new owners. For from the least to the greatest everyone is greedy for gain. From the prophet even to the kohen everyone practices deceit.

Ezekiel 34:23

So I will set up One Shepherd over them, My servant David—He will tend them, He will feed them Himself and be their shepherd.

Ezekiel 34:31

“So you, My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, you are human, and I am your God.” It is a declaration of Adonai Elohim.

Ezekiel 46:24

He said to me, “These are the boiling places where the ministers of the House will boil the sacrifices of the people.”

Micah 3:11

Her leaders give judgment for a bribe. Her priests give direction for a price. Her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean on Adonai by saying: “Is not Adonai in our midst? No calamity will come upon us!”

Micah 5:4

This One will be shalom. When Assyria invades our land when he treads on our citadels, then we will raise up against him seven shepherds and eight human princes.

Micah 7:14

Tend Your people with Your staff, the flock of Your inheritance, dwelling alone, in a forest in the midst of a fertile garden. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

Zechariah 11:17

Woe to the worthless shepherd who deserts the flock! May a sword fell his arm and his right eye! May his arm be all withered and his right eye totally blinded!”

Malachi 1:10

“If just one of you would shut the doors, and not light My altar uselessly! I have no delight in you,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot. “Nor will I accept any offering from your hand.

Numbers 18:7

But you and your sons with you are to maintain your priesthood for everything pertaining to the altar and inside the parokhet . I am giving you the ministry of the priesthood as a gift. Anyone unauthorized who approaches will die.”

Luke 12:32

Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father chose to give you the kingdom.

Acts 20:29

I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

Acts 21:13

Then Paul responded, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but to die for the name of the Lord Yeshua!”

Romans 1:15

So I am eager to proclaim the Good News also to you who are in Rome.

1 Corinthians 9:7

What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink its milk?

1 Timothy 3:3

not addicted to wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money,

1 Timothy 3:8

Servant-leaders likewise must be dignified, not double-speaking, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain.

Titus 1:11

They must be silenced—those who upset entire households by teaching what they should not, for the sake of dishonest gain.

Titus 1:7

For the overseer must be blameless as God’s administrator—not arrogant, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain.

Titus 2:14

He gave Himself for us so that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and so that He might purify for Himself a chosen people, zealous for good deeds.

Titus 3:1

Remind the people to be submitted to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed,

Philemon 1:14

But I didn’t want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness wouldn’t be by force but by free will.

Hebrews 12:15

See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God; and see to it that no bitter root springs up and causes trouble, and by it many be defiled.

2 Peter 2:3

In their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction does not slumber.