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Isaiah 53:6
We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. (niv)
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1 Peter 2 25
For“ you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. (niv)
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Philippians 2:13
for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose. (niv)
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John 10:16
I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. (niv)
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Luke 15:4-7
“ Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety- nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shouldersand goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says,‘ Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent. (niv)
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Luke 19:10
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” (niv)
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Song of Solomon 1 4
Take me away with you— let us hurry! Let the king bring me into his chambers. We rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. How right they are to adore you! (niv)
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Psalms 119:61
Though the wicked bind me with ropes, I will not forget your law. (niv)
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Ezekiel 34:6
My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. They were scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them. (niv)
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Matthew 15:24
He answered,“ I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.” (niv)
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Hosea 4:6
my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.“ Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children. (niv)
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Matthew 10:6
Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. (niv)
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Psalms 119:93
I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life. (niv)
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Jeremiah 31:18
“ I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning:‘ You disciplined me like an unruly calf, and I have been disciplined. Restore me, and I will return, because you are the Lord my God. (niv)
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Galatians 4:9
But now that you know God— or rather are known by God— how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again? (niv)
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Matthew 18:12-13
“ What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off?And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety- nine that did not wander off. (niv)
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James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. (niv)
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Ezekiel 34:16
I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice. (niv)