Psalms 119:176
119:176 I have wandered off like a lost sheep.
Come looking for your servant,
for I do not forget your commands.
Isaiah 53:6
53:6 All of us had wandered off like sheep;
each of us had strayed off on his own path,
but the Lord caused the sin of all of us to attack him.
Jeremiah 23:2
23:2 So the
Lord God of Israel has this to say about the leaders who are ruling over his people: “You have caused my people
to be dispersed and driven into exile. You have not taken care of them. So I will punish you for the evil that you have done.
I, the
Lord, affirm it!
Ezekiel 34:6
34:6 My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over the entire face of the earth with no one looking or searching for them.
Matthew 9:36
9:36 When
he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were bewildered and helpless,
like sheep without a shepherd.
Matthew 18:12
18:12 What do you think? If someone
owns a hundred
sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray?
Luke 15:4-6
15:4 “Which one
of you, if he has a hundred
sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture
and go look for
the one that is lost until he finds it?
15:5 Then
when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
15:6 Returning
home, he calls together
his
friends and neighbors, telling them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.’