Psalms 23:1

David confesses that Yahweh is his shepherd, so he lacks nothing. Trust in God's care is the foundation of the psalm.

Cross-references · 23

• Phil 4:19My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
• John 10:11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
• Isa 40:11He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.
• John 10:27–30My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
• John 10:14I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;
• Rev 7:17for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them, and leads them to springs of waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
• Matt 6:33But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
• 1 Pet 2:25For you were going astray like sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
• Ezek 34:11–12For thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.
• Heb 13:5–6Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”
• Ps 34:9–10Oh fear Yahweh, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him.
• 1 Pet 5:4When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn’t fade away.
• Ezek 34:23–24I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
• Ps 84:11For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
• Rom 8:32He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?
• Luke 12:30–32For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.
• Heb 13:20Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus,
• Mic 5:4He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of Yahweh, in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God: and they will live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth.
• Ps 78:52But he led out his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
• Jer 23:3–4“I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and multiply.
• Jer 31:10“Hear Yahweh’s word, you nations, and declare it in the islands afar off; and say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.’
• Ps 79:13So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations.
• Mic 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come out to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings out are from of old, from ancient times.

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