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Ecclesiastes 12:11-12
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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] 12 Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them.

Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body.(B)

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  1. Ecclesiastes 12:11 Or Shepherd
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Ecclesiastes 12:11-12
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11 The words of the wise are like cattle goads; the collections of the sages are like pricks inflicted by one shepherd.[a] 12 My son, be careful about anything beyond these things.[b] For the writing of books is endless, and too much study is wearisome.[c]

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  1. Ecclesiastes 12:11 Or “The owner of collections are given by one shepherd”
  2. Ecclesiastes 12:12 Literally “but from more than them”
  3. Ecclesiastes 12:12 Literally “increases weariness of flesh”
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