Verse 16

No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 33:14 : 14 Please let my lord pass over before his servant: and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir."
  • Ps 125:3 : 3 For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the righteous; So that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil.
  • Isa 40:11 : 11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, [and] will gently lead those who have their young.
  • John 16:12 : 12 "I have yet many things to tell you, but you can't bear them now.
  • 1 Cor 3:1-2 : 1 Brothers, I couldn't speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you weren't yet ready. Indeed, not even now are you ready,
  • 1 Cor 13:13 : 13 But now faith, hope, and love remain--these three. The greatest of these is love.