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Ecclesiastes 12:11
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Ecclesiastes 12:11
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11 The words of the wise are like cattle prods—painful but helpful. Their collected sayings are like a nail-studded stick with which a shepherd[a] drives the sheep.
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- 12:11 Or one shepherd.
Ecclesiastes 12:11
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Ecclesiastes 12:11
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11 The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails(A)—given by one shepherd.[a]
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- Ecclesiastes 12:11 Or Shepherd
Acts 2:37
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Acts 2:37
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37 Peter’s words pierced their hearts, and they said to him and to the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?”
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Acts 2:37
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Acts 2:37
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37 When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”(A)
Hebrews 4:12
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Hebrews 4:12
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12 For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.
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Ezekiel 34:23
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Ezekiel 34:23
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23 And I will set over them one shepherd, my servant David. He will feed them and be a shepherd to them.
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Ezekiel 34:23
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Ezekiel 34:23
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23 I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend(A) them; he will tend them and be their shepherd.(B)
Jeremiah 23:29
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Jeremiah 23:29
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29 Does not my word burn like fire?”
says the Lord.
“Is it not like a mighty hammer
that smashes a rock to pieces?
Jeremiah 23:29
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Jeremiah 23:29
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29 “Is not my word like fire,”(A) declares the Lord, “and like a hammer(B) that breaks a rock in pieces?
2 Corinthians 10:4
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2 Corinthians 10:4
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4 [a]We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments.
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- 10:4 English translations divide verses 4 and 5 in various ways.
2 Corinthians 10:4
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2 Corinthians 10:4
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4 The weapons we fight with(A) are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power(B) to demolish strongholds.(C)
John 3:10
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John 3:10
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10 Jesus replied, “You are a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don’t understand these things?
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John 3:10
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John 3:10
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10 “You are Israel’s teacher,”(A) said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things?
Isaiah 40:11
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Isaiah 40:11
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11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd.
He will carry the lambs in his arms,
holding them close to his heart.
He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young.
Proverbs 22:17
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Proverbs 22:17
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Sayings of the Wise
17 Listen to the words of the wise;
apply your heart to my instruction.
Proverbs 22:17
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Proverbs 22:17
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Thirty Sayings of the Wise
Saying 1
Proverbs 1:6
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Proverbs 1:6
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6 by exploring the meaning in these proverbs and parables,
the words of the wise and their riddles.
Proverbs 1:6
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Proverbs 1:6
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- Proverbs 1:6 Or understanding a proverb, namely, a parable, / and the sayings of the wise, their riddles
John 10:14
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John 10:14
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14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me,
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John 10:14
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John 10:14
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Matthew 3:7
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Matthew 3:7
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7 But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to watch him baptize,[a] he denounced them. “You brood of snakes!” he exclaimed. “Who warned you to flee the coming wrath?
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- 3:7 Or coming to be baptized.
Matthew 3:7
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Matthew 3:7
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7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of vipers!(A) Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?(B)
Isaiah 22:23
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Isaiah 22:23
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23 He will bring honor to his family name, for I will drive him firmly in place like a nail in the wall.
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Isaiah 22:23
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Isaiah 22:23
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23 I will drive him like a peg(A) into a firm place;(B) he will become a seat[a] of honor(C) for the house of his father.
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- Isaiah 22:23 Or throne
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