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11 The sayings of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings that are given by one shepherd.[a](A)

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  1. 12.11 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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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  1. Ecclesiastes 12:11 Or Shepherd

The First Converts

37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, “Brothers,[a] what should we do?”(A)

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  1. 2.37 Gk Men, brothers

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)

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12 Indeed, the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.(A)

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12 For the word of God(A) is alive(B) and active.(C) Sharper than any double-edged sword,(D) it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.(E)

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23 I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them; he shall feed them and be their shepherd.(A)

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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)

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29 Is not my word like fire, says the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?(A)

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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?

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for the weapons of our warfare are not merely human,[a] but they have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments(A)

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  1. 10.4 Gk fleshly

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)

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10 Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?

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10 “You are Israel’s teacher,”(A) said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things?

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11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd;
    he will gather the lambs in his arms
and carry them in his bosom
    and gently lead the mother sheep.(A)

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11 He tends his flock like a shepherd:(A)
    He gathers the lambs in his arms(B)
and carries them close to his heart;(C)
    he gently leads(D) those that have young.(E)

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Sayings of the Wise

17     The words of the wise:

Incline your ear and hear my words[a]
    and apply your mind to my teaching,

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  1. 22.17 Cn Compare Gk: Heb Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise

Thirty Sayings of the Wise

Saying 1

17 Pay attention(A) and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise;(B)
    apply your heart to what I teach,(C)

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to understand a proverb and a figure,
    the words of the wise and their riddles.

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for understanding proverbs and parables,(A)
    the sayings and riddles(B) of the wise.[a](C)

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  1. Proverbs 1:6 Or understanding a proverb, namely, a parable, / and the sayings of the wise, their riddles

14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me,

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14 “I am the good shepherd;(A) I know my sheep(B) and my sheep know me—

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But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his[a] baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?(A)

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  1. 3.7 Other ancient authorities lack his

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)

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23 I will fasten him like a peg in a secure place, and he will become a throne of honor to his ancestral house.(A)

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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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  1. Isaiah 22:23 Or throne