Ecclesiastes 12:11

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For the wordes of the wyse are like prickes and nayles that go thorowe, of the auctoures of gatheringes which are geuen of one shephearde.

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  • Ps 80:1 : 1 To the chiefe musition, vpon Sosannim Eduth, a psalme of Asaph. Heare O thou shephearde of Israel, thou that leadest Ioseph lyke a sheepe: and thou that sittest vpon the Cherubims, shew thy gratious presence.
  • Isa 22:23 : 23 And I wyll fasten hym as a nayle in a sure place, and he shalbe the glorious seate of his fathers house.
  • Isa 40:11 : 11 He shall feede his flocke like an heardman, he shall gather the lambes together with his arme, and cary them in his bosome, and shall kyndly intreate those that beare young.
  • Ezek 34:23 : 23 I wyll set vp ouer them a shepheard, and he shall feede them, euen my seruaunt Dauid, he shall feede them, & he shalbe their shepheard.
  • John 10:14 : 14 I am the good sheepheard, & knowe my sheepe, and am knowen of myne.
  • Acts 2:37 : 37 Nowe when they hearde this, they were pricked in their heartes, and sayde vnto Peter, & vnto the other Apostles: Ye men & brethren, what shall we do?
  • 2 Cor 10:4 : 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnall, but myghtie through God, to cast downe strong holdes,
  • Heb 4:12 : 12 For the worde of God is quicke, and myghtie in operation, and sharper then any two edged sword, and entreth thorowe, euen vnto the deuydyng a sunder of the soule & the spirite, and of the ioyntes & the marie, and is a discerner of the thoughtes and of the intentes of the heart:
  • Heb 13:20 : 20 The God of peace, that brought agayne from the dead our Lorde Iesus the great sheephearde of the sheepe, through the blood of the euerlasting couenaunt,
  • 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And when the chiefe shephearde shall appeare, ye shall receaue an incorruptible crowne of glory.
  • Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he sawe many of the Pharisees, and Saducees come to his baptisme, he sayde vnto them. O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the anger to come?
  • John 3:10 : 10 Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto hym: Art thou a maister in Israel, and knowest not thesethynges?
  • Jer 23:29 : 29 Is not my worde like a fire saith the Lorde? and like an hammer that breaketh the harde stone?
  • Prov 1:6 : 6 To vnderstande a parable, and the interpretation therof, the wordes of the wise, and their darke speaches.
  • Prov 22:17 : 17 Bowe downe thyne eare, and heare the wordes of the wise: applie thy mind vnto my doctrine:
  • Gen 49:24 : 24 But his bowe abode fast, and the armes of his handes were made strong by the handes of the myghtie God of Iacob: Out of him shal come an heardman, a stone in Israel.
  • Ezra 9:8 : 8 And nowe for a litle space grace hath ben shewed from the Lorde our God, in causing a remnaunt to escape, and in geuing vs a nayle in his holy place, that our God may light our eyes, and geue vs a litle lyfe to take breath in our bondage:
  • Ps 23:1 : 1 A psalme of Dauid. God is my sheephearde, therfore I can lacke nothyng:

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