The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.
Jeremiah 3:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I will give you shepherds who are loyal to me, , and they will shepherd you with knowledge and skill. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And I will give you [spiritual] shepherds after My own heart [in the final time], who will feed you with knowledge and understanding and judgment. American Standard Version (1901) And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. Common English Bible I will appoint shepherds with whom I’m pleased, and they will lead you with knowledge and understanding. Catholic Public Domain Version And I will give you pastors according to my own heart. And they will feed you with knowledge and doctrine. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I will give you pastors according to my own heart: and they shall feed you with knowledge and doctrine. |
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.
I will raise up shepherds over them who will tend them. They will no longer be afraid or discouraged, nor will any be missing.’ This is the Lord’s declaration.
Nations, hear the word of the Lord, and tell it among the far off coasts and islands! Say, ‘The one who scattered Israel will gather him. He will watch over him as a shepherd guards his flock,
‘Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and say to them, “This is what the Lord God says to the shepherds: Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who have been feeding themselves! Shouldn’t the shepherds feed their flock?
I will establish over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will shepherd them. He will tend them himself and will be their shepherd.
My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow my ordinances, and keep my statutes and obey them.
The Lord said, ‘Who then is the faithful and sensible manager his master will put in charge of his household servants to give them their allotted food at the proper time?
Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.
We do, however, speak a wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
Like newborn infants, desire the pure milk of the word, , so that by it you may grow up into your salvation,
but now your reign will not endure. The Lord has found a man after his own heart, , and the Lord has appointed him as ruler over his people, because you have not done what the Lord commanded.’