Ecclesiastes 12:11

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The words of the wise are like goads, and their collected sayings are like firmly embedded nails—given by one Shepherd.

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  • Ps 80:1 : 1 For the director of music, to the tune of 'Lilies', a testimony of Asaph, a psalm.
  • Isa 22:23 : 23 I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will become a throne of glory for his father's house.
  • Isa 40:11 : 11 He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.
  • Ezek 34:23 : 23 I will place over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd.
  • John 10:14 : 14 I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me.
  • Acts 2:37 : 37 When they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, 'Brothers, what shall we do?'
  • 2 Cor 10:4 : 4 The weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but they are powerful through God for the destruction of strongholds. We demolish arguments
  • Heb 4:12 : 12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword. It penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
  • Heb 13:20 : 20 Now may the God of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant,
  • 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
  • Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, 'You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
  • John 3:10 : 10 Jesus replied, 'You are a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?
  • Jer 23:29 : 29 Is not My word like fire, declares the LORD, and like a hammer that shatters a rock?
  • Prov 1:6 : 6 To understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.
  • Prov 22:17 : 17 Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise; apply your heart to my knowledge.
  • Gen 49:24 : 24 But his bow remained steady, and his strong arms stayed limber, because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.
  • Ezra 9:8 : 8 'But now, for a brief moment, the Lord our God has shown us grace by leaving us a remnant and giving us a secure footing in His holy place, so our God may enlighten our eyes and give us a little relief in our bondage.'
  • Ps 23:1 : 1 A psalm of David: The LORD is my shepherd; I will lack nothing.

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    12But beyond these, my son, be warned: There is no end to the making of many books, and much study wearies the body.

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    17The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler among fools.

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    15The LORD said to me, 'Take again the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

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    9Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

  • Ezek 34:7
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    7Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

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    19Wisdom makes a wise person stronger than ten rulers in a city.

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    23Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds.

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