Ecclesiastes 12:11

Authorized King James Version (1611)

The words of the wise [are] as goads, and as nails fastened [by] the masters of assemblies, [which] are given from one shepherd.

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  • Ps 80:1 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician upon Shoshannimeduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest [between] the cherubims, shine forth.
  • Isa 22:23 : 23 And I will fasten him [as] a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.
  • Isa 40:11 : 11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry [them] in his bosom, [and] shall gently lead those that are with young.
  • Ezek 34:23 : 23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, [even] my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
  • John 10:14 : 14 ‹I am the good shepherd, and know my› [sheep], ‹and am known of mine.›
  • Acts 2:37 : 37 ¶ Now when they heard [this], they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men [and] brethren, what shall we do?
  • 2 Cor 10:4 : 4 (For the weapons of our warfare [are] not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
  • Heb 4:12 : 12 For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
  • Heb 13:20 : 20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
  • 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
  • Matt 3:7 : 7 ¶ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
  • John 3:10 : 10 Jesus answered and said unto him, ‹Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?›
  • Jer 23:29 : 29 [Is] not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer [that] breaketh the rock in pieces?
  • Prov 1:6 : 6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
  • Prov 22:17 : 17 ¶ Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
  • Gen 49:24 : 24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty [God] of Jacob; (from thence [is] the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
  • Ezra 9:8 : 8 And now for a little space grace hath been [shewed] from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
  • Ps 23:1 : 1 ¶ A Psalm of David. The LORD [is] my shepherd; I shall not want.

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