Quotes About Faith

As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.

I will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.

This is what the Lord GOD says to you, My flock: ëI will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the goats.

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says to them: ëBehold, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.

I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David will be a prince among them. I, the LORD, have spoken.

I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing.

The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them.

They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not consume them. They will dwell securely, and no one will frighten them.

Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,í declares the Lord GOD.

ëYou are My flock, the sheep of My pasture, My people, and I am your God,í declares the Lord GOD.”

Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,

I will turn your cities into ruins, and you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Because you have said, ëThese two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,í even though the LORD was there,

Then you will know that I, the LORD, have heard every contemptuous word you uttered against the mountains of Israel when you said, ëThey are desolate; they are given to us to devour!í

You boasted against Me with your mouth and multiplied your words against Me. I heard it Myself!

“And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say: O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD.

This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ëAha! The ancient heights have become our possession,í

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I have sworn with an uplifted hand that surely the nations around you will endure reproach of their own.

For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown.

Yes, I will cause My people Israel to walk upon you; they will possess you, and you will be their inheritance, and you will no longer deprive them of their children.

I will no longer allow the taunts of the nations to be heard against you, and you will no longer endure the reproach of the peoples or cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord GOD.”

Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,