What
is a flock?
A
flock is a group of animals and we are a flock to the Lord.
Dictionary
a group of animals (such as birds or sheep) assembled
or herded together.
a group under the guidance of a leader especially a
church congregation.
1
Peter 5;1-11
[ Serve
God Willingly ] Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as your
fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker also of
the glory that is to be revealed, shepherd the flock of God among you,
exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the
will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness; nor yet as
lording it over those allotted to your charge, but proving to be examples to
the flock.
Genesis
4;2
Again,
she gave birth to his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of flocks, but
Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Genesis
4;4
And
Abel also brought an offering—fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock.
The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
Genesis
24;35
The
Lord has greatly blessed my master, so that he has become rich; and He has given
him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and servants and maids, and
camels and donkeys.
Genesis
27;9
Go
now to the flock and bring me two choice young goats from there, that I
may prepare them as a savory dish for your father, such as he loves.
Exodus
9;3
behold,
the hand of the Lord will come with a very severe pestilence on your
livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels,
on the herds, and on the flocks.
Deuteronomy
7;13
He
will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of
your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil,
the increase of your herd and the young of your flock, in the land which
He swore to your forefathers to give you.
Deuteronomy
14;23
You
shall eat in the presence of the Lord your God, at the place where He chooses
to establish His name, the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and
the firstborn of your herd and your flock, so that you may learn to fear
the Lord your God always.
Psalm
107;41
But
He sets the needy securely on high away from affliction, And makes his
families like a flock.
Song
of Solomon 2;16
“My
beloved is mine, and I am his; He pastures his flock among the
lilies
Jeremiah
23;3
“Then
I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock out of all the countries
where I have driven them and bring them back to their pasture, and they will be
fruitful and multiply.
Ezekiel
34;6
My flock
wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill; My flock was
scattered over all the surface of the earth, and there was no one to search or
seek for them;
Ezekiel
34;15
I
will feed My flock and I will lead them to rest,” declares the Lord God
Amos
7;15
But
the Lord took me from following the flock and the Lord said to me, ‘Go
prophesy to My people Israel.’
Micah
2;12
“I
will surely assemble all of you, Jacob, I will surely gather the remnant of
Israel. I will put them together like sheep in the fold; Like a flock in
the midst of its pasture They will be noisy with men.
Micah
5;4
And
He will arise and shepherd His flock In the strength of the Lord,
In the majesty of the name of the Lord His God. And they will remain, Because at
that time He will be great To the ends of the earth.
Zechariah
9;16
And
the Lord their God will save them in that day As the flock of His
people; For they are as the stones of a crown, Sparkling in His land.
Zechariah
11;17
“Woe
to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! A sword will be on his
arm And on his right eye! His arm will be totally withered And his right eye
will be blind.”
Matthew
26;31
Then
Jesus *said to them, “You will all fall away because of Me this night, for it
is written, ‘I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock
shall be scattered.’
Luke
12;32
Do
not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen gladly to give
you the kingdom.
Acts
20;28
Be
on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy
Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased
with His own blood.
1
Corinthians 9;7
Who
at any time serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and
does not eat the fruit of it? Or who tends a flock and does not use the
milk of the flock?
1
Peter 5;2
shepherd
the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion,
but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain,
but with eagerness.
1
Peter 5;3
nor
yet as lording it over those allotted to your charge, but proving to be
examples to the flock.