The word in Scripture

Pasture in the Bible

The word pasture appears 20 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Pasture is the green place where the flock is fed. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What pasture means in the Bible

Pasture is the green place where the flock is fed.

Where the word pasture appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word pasture appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.”1 Chronicles 4:39

“O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?”Psalms 74:1

“So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.”Psalms 79:13

“Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;”Isaiah 32:14

“Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.”Jeremiah 23:1

“A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture.”Jeremiah 25:36

“How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.”Joel 1:18

“I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.”John 10:9