Meanings of scattered like sheep in English

The two whom he called by name did his bidding and the rest scattered like sheep.

The crowd scattered like sheep before a lion.

It would have been the same in any case, for the people had scattered like sheep, and stood apart.

He waved his sword at the pack of them, and they scattered like sheep until none but Weld was left.

The gates were unlocked by the patrol and the panic-stricken throng tumbled through them and scattered like sheep behind the high, sheltering walls.

But when He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion on them because they fainted and were scattered like sheep without a shepherd.

Why did not the Church share the fate of John's disciples, who scattered like sheep without a shepherd when Herod chopped off their master's head?

"Listen," Debora said, leaning eagerly forward and half whispering: "Knowest thou not that Israel hath long been dispersed and scattered like sheep without a shepherd?