Bible Verses About Sheep
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for sheep, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,260 votes, led by Psalms 100:3. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Sheep
Psalms 100:3283 votes
Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Luke 15:4-7264 votes
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
Matthew 9:36208 votes
But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
John 10:11207 votes
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
Psalms 23:1-6170 votes
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
John 10:1-16164 votes
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Isaiah 53:6162 votes
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Matthew 7:15156 votes
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Matthew 10:16155 votes
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Jeremiah 50:6150 votes
My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.
Matthew 26:31107 votes
Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
Ezekiel 34:1-31105 votes
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
John 21:1799 votes
He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
Isaiah 53:794 votes
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
John 10:1491 votes
I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
Micah 2:1287 votes
I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.
1 Peter 2:2574 votes
For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
Psalms 119:17672 votes
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
Ezekiel 34:17-2265 votes
And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.
Matthew 18:12-1463 votes
How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
John 10:2758 votes
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
Jeremiah 23:1-456 votes
Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord.
Acts 20:2854 votes
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Psalms 79:1353 votes
So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
Genesis 29:952 votes
And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them.
What does the Bible say about sheep?
Readers most often cite Psalms 100:3 on the subject of sheep. Across 5,260 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Luke 15:4-7, Matthew 9:36, John 10:11. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.