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.
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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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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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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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?
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.
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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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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Sayings of the Wise
17 Listen to the words of the wise;
apply your heart to my instruction.
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.
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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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.
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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Psalm 80:1
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Psalm 80
For the choir director: A psalm of Asaph, to be sung to the tune “Lilies of the Covenant.”
1 Please listen, O Shepherd of Israel,
you who lead Joseph’s descendants like a flock.
O God, enthroned above the cherubim,
display your radiant glory
Psalm 23:1
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1 Peter 5:4
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4 And when the Great Shepherd appears, you will receive a crown of never-ending glory and honor.
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Hebrews 13:20
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20 Now may the God of peace—
who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus,
the great Shepherd of the sheep,
and ratified an eternal covenant with his blood—
Ezra 9:8
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8 “But now we have been given a brief moment of grace, for the Lord our God has allowed a few of us to survive as a remnant. He has given us security in this holy place. Our God has brightened our eyes and granted us some relief from our slavery.
Genesis 49:24
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24 But his bow remained taut,
and his arms were strengthened
by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,
by the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.
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