Ecclesiastes 12:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The words of the wise are pointed, and sayings grouped together are like nails fixed with a hammer; they are given by one guide.

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  • Ps 80:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim-eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.> Give ear, O Keeper of Israel, guiding Joseph like a flock; you who have your seat on the winged ones, let your glory be seen.
  • Isa 22:23 : 23 And I will put him like a nail in a safe place; and he will be for a seat of glory to his father's family.
  • Isa 40:11 : 11 He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.
  • Ezek 34:23 : 23 And I will put over them one keeper, and he will give them food, even my servant David; he will give them food and be their keeper.
  • John 10:14 : 14 I am the good keeper; I have knowledge of my sheep, and they have knowledge of me,
  • Acts 2:37 : 37 Now when these words came to their ears their hearts were troubled, and they said to Peter and the other Apostles, Brothers, what are we to do?
  • 2 Cor 10:4 : 4 (For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places);
  • Heb 4:12 : 12 For the word of God is living and full of power, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through and making a division even of the soul and the spirit, the bones and the muscles, and quick to see the thoughts and purposes of the heart.
  • Heb 13:20 : 20 Now may the God of peace, who made that great keeper of his flock, even our Lord Jesus, come back from the dead through the blood of the eternal agreement,
  • 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And at the coming of the chief Keeper of the sheep, you will be given the eternal crown of glory.
  • Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?
  • John 3:10 : 10 And Jesus, answering, said, Are you the teacher of Israel and have no knowledge of these things?
  • Jer 23:29 : 29 Is not my word like fire? says the Lord; and like a hammer, smashing the rock to bits?
  • Prov 1:6 : 6 To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.
  • Prov 22:17 : 17 Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.
  • Gen 49:24 : 24 But their bows were broken by a strong one, and the cords of their arms were cut by the Strength of Jacob, by the name of the Stone of Israel:
  • Ezra 9:8 : 8 And now for a little time grace has come to us from the Lord our God, to let a small band of us get free and to give us a nail in his holy place, so that our God may give light to our eyes and a measure of new life in our prison chains.
  • Ps 23:1 : 1 <A Psalm. Of David.> The Lord takes care of me as his sheep; I will not be without any good thing.

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    9 And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge; searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise sayings.

    10 The Preacher made search for words which were pleasing, but his writing was in words upright and true.

  • Eccl 12:12
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    12 And further, my son, take note of this: of the making of books there is no end, and much learning is a weariness to the flesh.

  • Isa 41:7
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    7 So the metal-worker put heart into the gold-worker, and he who was hammering the metal smooth said kind words to the iron-worker, saying of the plate, It is ready: and he put it together with nails, so that there might be no slipping.

  • Prov 25:11-12
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    11 A word at the right time is like apples of gold in a network of silver.

    12 Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention.

  • Prov 12:18
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    18 There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.

  • Eccl 10:9-10
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    9 He who gets out stones from the earth will be damaged by them, and in the cutting of wood there is danger.

    10 If the iron has no edge, and he does not make it sharp, then he has to put out more strength; but wisdom makes things go well.

  • Eccl 9:17
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    17 The words of the wise which come quietly to the ear are noted more than the cry of a ruler among the foolish.

  • Job 12:11-12
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    11 Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth?

    12 Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge.

  • Prov 16:23-24
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    23 The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.

    24 Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.

  • Prov 1:5-6
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    5 (The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

    6 To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.

  • Ezek 34:9
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    9 For this reason, O you keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord;

  • Zech 11:15
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    15 And the Lord said to me, Take again the instruments of a foolish keeper of sheep.

  • Prov 26:9
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    9 Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.

  • Ezek 34:7
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    7 For this cause, O keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord:

  • Eccl 7:19
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    19 Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.

  • Prov 10:13-14
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    13 In the lips of him who has knowledge wisdom is seen; but a rod is ready for the back of him who is without sense.

    14 Knowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near.

  • Prov 26:3
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    3 A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15 The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.

  • Job 6:25
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    25 How pleasing are upright words! but what force is there in your arguments?

  • Prov 27:23
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    23 Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;

  • Eccl 7:5
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    5 It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3 In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2 Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

  • Heb 4:12
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    12 For the word of God is living and full of power, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through and making a division even of the soul and the spirit, the bones and the muscles, and quick to see the thoughts and purposes of the heart.

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    10 A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.

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    11 By them is your servant made conscious of danger, and in keeping them there is great reward.

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    12 Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

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    14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning men away from the nets of death.

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    6 The words of the Lord are true words: like silver tested by fire and burned clean seven times.

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    11 Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

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    12 The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.

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    15 The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.

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    24 Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.

  • Prov 15:31
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    31 The man whose ear is open to the teaching of life will have his place among the wise.

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    4 The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters: the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing stream.

  • Prov 4:11
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    11 I have given you teaching in the way of wisdom, guiding your steps in the straight way.

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    5 And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him;

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    14 When there is no helping suggestion the people will have a fall, but with a number of wise guides they will be safe.

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    11 For wisdom is better than jewels, and all things which may be desired are nothing in comparison with her.

  • Prov 1:2
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    2 To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:

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    14 The wrath of the king is like those who give news of death, but a wise man will put peace in place of it.

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    19 Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.

  • Prov 10:31
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    31 The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.