24 Bible Verses about Those Who Kept Stock

And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing-house in the way,

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

And he set three days' journey between himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

And he said to him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle were with me.

And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah and Anah; this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.

That ye shall say, The occupation of thy servants hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.

And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your lewd deeds, until your carcasses shall be wasted in the wilderness.

Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chief of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all its cities, shall be a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.

And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

And Adah bore Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.

And while he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.

And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing; if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:

These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren, and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought to his father their evil report.

And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

And Pharaoh said to his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said to Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.

Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.

And Samuel said to Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and bring him: for we will not sit down till he hath come hither.

Wherefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, Send to me David thy son, who is with the sheep.

But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.

And David said to Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:

The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit: