Ecclesiastes 12:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹¹ The sayings of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings that are given by one shepherd.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ The words of the wise are like prodding goads, and firmly fixed [in the mind] like nails are the collected sayings which are given [as proceeding] from one Shepherd. [Ezek. 37:24.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ The words of the wise are as goads; and as nails well fastened are the words of the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

Common English Bible

¹¹ The words of the wise are like iron-tipped prods; the collected sayings of the masters are like nails fixed firmly by a shepherd.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ The words of the wise are like a goad, and like nails deeply fastened, which, through the counsel of teachers, are set forth by one pastor.

Ecclesiastes 12:11 Cross References

Hebrews 4:12

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.

Acts 2:37

Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?”

Ezekiel 34:23

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

Jeremiah 23:29

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

2 Corinthians 10:4

for the weapons of our warfare are not merely human, but they have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments

John 3:10

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

Isaiah 40:11

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.

Proverbs 22:17

The words of the wise: Incline your ear and hear my words and apply your mind to my teaching,

Proverbs 1:6

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

John 10:14

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

Matthew 3:7

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

Isaiah 22:23

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

Psalm 80:1

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock! You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth

Psalm 23:1

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

1 Peter 5:4

And when the chief shepherd appears, you will win the crown of glory that never fades away.

Hebrews 13:20

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,

Ezra 9:8

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 may brighten our eyes and grant us a little sustenance in our slavery.

Genesis 49:24

Yet his bow remained taut, and his arms were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

Ecclesiastes 7:5

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

Words spoken by the wise bring them favor, but the lips of fools consume them.

Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.