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Psalm 89:19, 20
You once spoke in a vision, to Your godly ones You said, "I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people. . . .

1 Samuel 16:11, 12
And Samuel asked him, "Are these all the sons you have?" "There is still the youngest, " Jesse replied, "but he is tending the sheep." "Send for him, " Samuel replied. "For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives." . . .

2 Samuel 3:18
Now take action, because the LORD has said to David, 'Through My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hands of the Philistines and of all their enemies.'"

2 Samuel 6:21
But David said to Michal, "I was dancing before the LORD who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD's people Israel. I will celebrate before the LORD,

Acts 13:22
After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: 'I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.'

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Exodus 3:1, 10
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. . . .

1 Samuel 17:15
but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father's sheep in Bethlehem.

2 Samuel 7:8
Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.

1 Kings 19:19, 20
So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him. . . .

Amos 7:14, 15
"I was not a prophet, " Amos replied, "nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees. . . .

Matthew 4:18-22
As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. . . .