Ecclesiastes 12:11

Geneva Bible (1560)

The wordes of the wise are like goads, and like nailes fastened by the masters of the assemblies, which are giuen by one pastour.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 80:1 : 1 To him that excelleth on Shoshannim Eduth. A Psalme committed to Asaph. Heare, O thou Shepheard of Israel, thou that leadest Ioseph like sheepe: shewe thy brightnes, thou that sittest betweene the Cherubims.
  • Isa 22:23 : 23 And I will fasten him as a naile in a sure place, and hee shall be for the throne of glorie to his fathers house.
  • Isa 40:11 : 11 He shall feede his flocke like a shepheard: he shall gather the lambes with his arme, & cary them in his bosome, and shal guide them with young.
  • Ezek 34:23 : 23 And I wil set vp a shepherd ouer them, and he shall feede them, euen my seruant Dauid, he shal feede them, and he shalbe their shepherd.
  • John 10:14 : 14 I am that good shepheard, & knowe mine, and am knowen of mine.
  • Acts 2:37 : 37 Now when they heard it, they were pricked in their heartes, and said vnto Peter and the other Apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we doe?
  • 2 Cor 10:4 : 4 (For the weapons of our warrefare are not carnall, but mightie through God, to cast downe holdes)
  • Heb 4:12 : 12 For the worde of God is liuely, and mightie in operation, & sharper then any two edged sword, and entreth through, euen vnto the diuiding asunder of the soule and the spirit, and of the ioints, and the marow, and is a discerner of the thoughtes, and the intents of the heart.
  • Heb 13:20 : 20 The God of peace that brought againe from the dead our Lord Iesus, the great shepheard of the sheepe, through the blood of the euerlasting Couenant,
  • 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And when that chiefe shepheard shal appeare, ye shall receiue an incorruptible crowne of glory.
  • Matt 3:7 : 7 Now when he sawe many of the Pharises, and of the Sadduces come to his baptisme, he said vnto them, O generations of vipers, who hath forewarned you to flee from the anger to come?
  • John 3:10 : 10 Iesus answered, & saide vnto him, Art thou a teacher of Israel, and knowest not these things?
  • Jer 23:29 : 29 Is not my word euen like a fire, sayeth the Lorde? and like an hammer, that breaketh the stone?
  • Prov 1:6 : 6 To vnderstand a parable, & the interpretation, the wordes of ye wise, and their darke sayings.
  • Prov 22:17 : 17 Incline thine eare, and heare the wordes of the wise, and apply thine heart vnto my knowledge.
  • Gen 49:24 : 24 But his bowe abode strong, and the hands of his armes were strengthened, by the handes of the mighty God of Iaakob, of whom was the feeder appointed, by the stone of Israel,
  • Ezra 9:8 : 8 And now for a litle space grace hath bene shewed from the Lord our God, in causing a remnant to escape, & in giuing vs a nayle in his holy place, that our God may light our eyes, & giue vs a litle reuiuing in our seruitude.
  • Ps 23:1 : 1 A Psalme of Dauid. The Lorde is my shephearde, I shall not want.

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    7 So the workeman comforted the founder, and he that smote with ye hammer, him that smote by course, saying, It is ready for the sodering, and he fastened it with nayles that it shoulde not be mooued.

  • Prov 25:11-12
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    11 A word spoken in his place, is like apples of golde with pictures of siluer.

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    18 There is that speaketh wordes like the prickings of a sworde: but the tongue of wise men is health.

  • Eccl 10:9-10
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    17 The wordes of the wise are more heard in quietnes, then the crye of him that ruleth among fooles.

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    11 Doeth not the eares discerne the words? and the mouth taste meate for it selfe?

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    23 The heart of the wise guideth his mouth wisely, and addeth doctrine to his lippes.

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  • Prov 1:5-6
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    5 A wise man shall heare and increase in learning, and a man of vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wise counsels,

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  • Ezek 34:9
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    9 Therefore, heare ye the word of the Lorde, O ye shepherds.

  • Zech 11:15
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    15 And the Lord said vnto me, Take to thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepheard.

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    9 As a thorne standing vp in the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fooles.

  • Ezek 34:7
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    7 Therefore ye shepherds, heare the woorde of the Lord.

  • Eccl 7:19
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  • Prov 10:13-14
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    13 In the lippes of him that hath vnderstanding wisdome is founde, and a rod shalbe for the backe of him that is destitute of wisedome.

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    3 Vnto the horse belongeth a whip, to the asse a bridle, and a rod to the fooles backe.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15 The way of a foole is right in his owne eyes: but he that heareth counsell, is wise.

  • Job 6:25
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    25 Howe stedfast are the wordes of righteousnes? and what can any of you iustly reproue?

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    23 Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.

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    3 In the mouth of the foolish is the rod of pride: but the lippes of the wise preserue them.

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    2 The tongue of the wise vseth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fooles babbleth out foolishnesse.

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    12 For the worde of God is liuely, and mightie in operation, & sharper then any two edged sword, and entreth through, euen vnto the diuiding asunder of the soule and the spirit, and of the ioints, and the marow, and is a discerner of the thoughtes, and the intents of the heart.

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    10 A reproofe entereth more into him that hath vnderstanding, then an hundreth stripes into a foole.

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    11 Moreouer by them is thy seruant made circumspect, and in keeping of them there is great reward.

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    12 Apply thine heart to instruction, and thine eares to the wordes of knowledge.

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    14 The instruction of a wise man is as the welspring of life, to turne away from the snares of death.

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    6 The wordes of the Lorde are pure wordes, as the siluer, tried in a fornace of earth, fined seuen folde.

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    12 The words of ye mouth of a wise man haue grace: but the lippes of a foole deuoure himselfe.

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    15 A wise heart getteth knowledge, and the eare of the wise seeketh learning.

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    24 The way of life is on high to the prudent, to auoyde from hell beneath.

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    31 The eare that hearkeneth to the correction of life, shall lodge among the wise.

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    4 The words of a mans mouth are like deepe waters, and the welspring of wisdome is like a flowing riuer.

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    14 Where no counsell is, the people fall: but where many counsellers are, there is health.

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    11 For wisdome is better then precious stones: and all pleasures are not to be compared vnto her.

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    2 To knowe wisdome, and instruction, to vnderstand ye wordes of knowledge,

  • Prov 16:14
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    14 The wrath of a King is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacifie it.

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    19 The way of a slouthfull man is as an hedge of thornes: but the way of the righteous is plaine.

  • Prov 10:31
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    31 The mouth of the iust shall be fruitfull in wisdome: but the tongue of the froward shall be cut out.

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