Ecclesiastes 12:11
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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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- 12.11 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Acts 2:37
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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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- 2.37 Gk Men, brothers
Hebrews 4:12
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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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Ezekiel 34:23
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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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Jeremiah 23:29
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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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2 Corinthians 10:4
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4 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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- 10.4 Gk fleshly
John 3:10
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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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Isaiah 40:11
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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)
Proverbs 22:17
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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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- 22.17 Cn Compare Gk: Heb Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise
Proverbs 1:6
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6 to understand a proverb and a figure,
the words of the wise and their riddles.
John 10:14
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14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me,
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Matthew 3:7
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7 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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- 3.7 Other ancient authorities lack his
Isaiah 22:23
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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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Psalm 80:1
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Psalm 80
Prayer for Israel’s Restoration
To the leader: on Lilies, a Covenant. Of Asaph. A Psalm.
1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,
you who lead Joseph like a flock!
You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth(A)
Psalm 23:1
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Psalm 23
The Divine Shepherd
A Psalm of David.
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.(A)
1 Peter 5:4
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4 And when the chief shepherd appears, you will win the crown of glory that never fades away.(A)
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Hebrews 13:20
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Benediction
20 Now may the God of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant,(A)
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Ezra 9:8
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8 But now for a brief moment favor has been shown by the Lord our God, who has left us a remnant and given us a stake in his holy place, in order that he[a] may brighten our eyes and grant us a little sustenance in our slavery.(A)
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- 9.8 Heb our God
Genesis 49:24
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24 Yet his bow remained taut,
and his arms[a] were made agile
by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,
by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,(A)
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- 49.24 Heb the arms of his hands
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