New International Reader s Version - NIrV - 1996

Verse about 99 sheep

Feeling like you messed up so badly that nobody would ever bother coming back to look for you can make you feel completely invisible. Reading a verse about 99 sheep breaks down the famous story of a shepherd leaving a huge flock behind just to rescue one single animal that wandered off. Getting lost in your own mistakes or feeling left out of the main group happens to everyone at some point during middle school. Ancient parables use this exact image to show that you are never too far gone for someone to care and hunt down your exact location. Realizing how much effort goes into tracking you down completely changes how you view your own worth when you feel abandoned. Knowing someone has your back keeps you going even when you feel totally lost.

Like a lost sheep, I've gone down the wrong path. Come and look for me, because I haven't forgotten to obey your commands.
Psalm 119:176

All of us are like sheep. We have wandered away from God. All of us have turned to our own way. And the Lord has placed on his servant the sins of all of us.
Isaiah 53:6

"My people have been like lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them down the wrong path. They have caused them to wander in the mountains. They have wandered over mountains and hills. They have forgotten that I am their true resting place.
Jeremiah 50:6

My sheep wandered all over the mountains and high hills. They were scattered over the whole earth. No one searched for them. No one looked for them."
Ezekiel 34:6

The Lord and King says, "I myself will search for my sheep. I will look after them.
Ezekiel 34:11

A shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them. And I will look after my sheep. I will save them from all of the places where they were scattered on a dark and cloudy day.
Ezekiel 34:12

"I will search for the lost. I will bring back those that have wandered away. I will bandage the ones that are hurt. I will make the weak ones stronger. But I will destroy those that are fat and strong. I will take good care of my sheep. I will treat them fairly."
Ezekiel 34:16

"What do you think? Suppose a man owns 100 sheep and one of them wanders away. Won't he leave the 99 sheep on the hills? Won't he go and look for the one that wandered off?
Matthew 18:12

What I'm about to tell you is true. If he finds that sheep, he is happier about the one than about the 99 that didn't wander off.
Matthew 18:13

He said, "Suppose one of you has 100 sheep and loses one of them. Won't he leave the 99 in the open country? Won't he go and look for the one lost sheep until he finds it?
Luke 15:4

When he finds it, he will joyfully put it on his shoulders
Luke 15:5

and go home. Then he will call his friends and neighbors together. He will say, 'Be joyful with me. I have found my lost sheep.'
Luke 15:6

"I tell you, it will be the same in heaven. There will be great joy when one sinner turns away from sin. Yes, there will be more joy than for 99 godly people who do not need to turn away from their sins.
Luke 15:7

"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
John 10:11

"I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep, and my sheep know me.
John 10:14

They know me just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I give my life for the sheep.
John 10:15

"I have other sheep that do not belong to this sheep pen. I must bring them in too. They also will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
John 10:16

You were like sheep who were wandering away. But now you have returned to the Shepherd. He is the Leader of your souls.
1 Peter 2:25

New International Reader s Version - NIrV - 1996

Verse about 99 sheep

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