Song 1:8, Isa 40:11, Eze 34:2-3, 23, Mic 5:4, 7:14, Joh 21:15-17 | ESV | STEP | If you do not know , O most beautiful among women , follow in the tracks of the flock , and pasture your young goats beside the shepherds ’ tents .

Song of Solomon 1:8

Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other

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8 If you do not know,
O ^amost beautiful among women,
follow in the tracks of the flock,
and pasture your young goats
beside the shepherds’ tents.

Isaiah 40:11

11 ^bHe will tend his flock like a shepherd;
^che will gather the lambs in his arms;
^dhe will carry them in his bosom,
and gently lead those that are with young.

Ezekiel 34:2-3

2 ^e“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God: ^fAh, shepherds of Israel ^gwho have been feeding yourselves! ^hShould not shepherds feed the sheep? 3 ⁱYou eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, ^jyou slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep.

Ezekiel 34:23

23 And ^kI will set up over them one shepherd, ^lmy servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.

Micah 5:4

4 And he shall stand ^mand shepherd his flock ⁿin the strength of the Lord,
in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
And they shall dwell secure, for now ^ohe shall be great
to the ends of the earth.

Micah 7:14

14 ^pShepherd your people ^qwith your staff,
the flock of your inheritance,
who dwell alone in a forest
^rin the midst of ^sa garden land; ^{▼▼Hebrew of Carmel}
let them graze in Bashan and Gilead
as in the days of old.

John 21:15-17

Jesus and Peter

15 When they had ^ufinished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ^v“Simon, ^wson of John, ^xdo you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed ^ymy lambs.” 16 He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, ^z“Tend ^aamy sheep.” 17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him ^abthe third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, ^acyou know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed ^admy sheep.