As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that
are scattered;
so will I seek out my sheep,
and will deliver them out of all
places where they have been scattered
in the cloudy and dark day.
Ezekiel 34:12
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave
the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he
find it?
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that
repenteth,
more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no
repentance.
Luke 15:4,7