9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Pet 5:2 — Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
• Deut 26:5 — And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and
• Exod 2:19 — And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.
• Exod 3:1 — 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.
• Gen 30:39 — And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
• Heb 13:7 — Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
• Hos 12:12 — And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
• John 21:15 — So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
• Luke 2:8 — And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
• Prov 31:18 — She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
• Ps 78:70 — He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: