Ecclesiastes 12:11

The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.

Cross References (18)

  • Acts 2:37 (8)

    When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we

  • Jeremiah 23:29 (8)

    “Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”

  • Hebrews 4:12 (8)

    For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spir

  • Ezekiel 34:23 (7)

    I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.

  • 2 Corinthians 10:4 (6)

    The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

  • Proverbs 1:6 (6)

    by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.

  • John 3:10 (6)

    “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

  • Isaiah 40:11 (6)

    He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently lead

  • Proverbs 22:17 (6)

    Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—apply your mind to my knowledge—

  • Isaiah 22:23 (5)

    I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.

  • Psalms 80:1 (5)

    For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm of Asaph. Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who l

  • Psalms 23:1 (5)

    A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

  • John 10:14 (5)

    I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,

  • Matthew 3:7 (5)

    But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vip

  • Ezra 9:8 (4)

    But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in

  • Hebrews 13:20 (4)

    Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that

  • 1 Peter 5:4 (4)

    And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.

  • Genesis 49:24 (4)

    Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the S