Ecclesiastes 12:11

Epilogue

¹⁰ His diligence was to find out acceptable words, right scripture, and the words of truth. ¹¹ For the words of the wise are like pricks and nails that go through, wherewith men are kept together: for they are given of one shepherd only. ¹² Therefore beware, my son, that above these thou make them not many and innumerable books, nor take divers doctrines in hand, to weary thy body withal.

Wise Men

Words of the Wise

Hammer

Psalm 80:1

{To the Chanter, upon Shoshannim, a Psalm of Asaph} Hear, O thou shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Jacob like a flock of sheep; show thyself, thou that sittest upon the Cherubim.

Ezekiel 34:23

I will raise up to them one only shepherd: even my servant David. He shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

Acts 2:37

When they heard this, they were pricked in their hearts, and said unto Peter, and unto the other apostles, "Ye men and brethren, what shall we do?"

Genesis 49:24

and yet his bow bode fast, and his arms and his hands were strong, by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob: out of him shall come a herdsman, a stone in Israel.

Ezra 9:8

But now is there a little and sudden graciousness come from the LORD our God, so that some of us are escaped: that he may give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may light our eyes, and give us a little life in our bondage.

Psalm 23:1

{A Psalm of David} The LORD is my shepherd; I can want nothing.

Proverbs 1:6

and he that is endued with understanding shall obtain wit to perceive a parable, and the interpretation thereof; the words of the wise, and the dark speeches of the same.

Proverbs 22:17

My son, bow down thine ear, and hearken unto the words of wisdom, apply thy mind unto my doctrine -

Isaiah 22:23

I will fasten him to a nail in the place of the most high faithfulness, and he shall be upon the glorious throne of his father's house.

Isaiah 40:11

He shall feed his flock like a herdsman. He shall gather the lambs together with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall kindly entreat those that bear young.

Jeremiah 23:29

Is not my word like a fire, sayeth the LORD, and like a hammer that breaketh the hard stone?

Matthew 3:7

When he saw many of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, "O generation of vipers, who hath taught you to flee from the vengeance to come?

John 3:10

Jesus answered and said unto him, "Art thou a master in Israel, and knowest not these things?

John 10:14

I am that good shepherd, and know mine, and am known of mine.

2 Corinthians 10:4

For the weapons of our war are not carnal things, but things mighty in God to cast down strongholds;

Hebrews 4:12

for the word of God is quick, and mighty in operation, and sharper than any two edged sword: and entereth through, even unto the dividing asunder of the soul and the spirit and of the joints, and the marrow: and judgeth the thoughts and the intents of the heart.

Hebrews 13:20

The God of peace that brought again from death our Lord Jesus Christ, the great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting testament,

1 Peter 5:4

And when the chief shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive an incorruptible crown of glory.