Matthew 18:12 What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that is straying?
It is a good leader who will stop the people and ask, “What do you think?” and not just to get a scripted response but to labour the point until an honest answer is given.
Livestock were a valuable commodity in these days, and continue to be a valued commodity nowadays; but shepherds would go out of their way to protect individual sheep to maintain their whole flock and not just the majority.
God looks out for every single one of us and not just the majority; He has a heart for you too!