Ecclesiastes 12:11

The wordis of wise men ben as prickis, and as nailis fastned deepe, whiche ben youun of o scheepherde bi the counsels of maistris.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10and he souyte out wisdom, and made many parablis; he souyte profitable wordis, and he wroot moost riytful wordis, and ful of treuthe.

12My sone, seke thou no more than these; noon ende is to make many bookis, and ofte thenkyng is turment of fleisch.

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Cross References

Genesis 49:24His bowe sat in the stronge, and the boondis of his armes, and hondis weren vnboundun bi the hond of the myyti of Jacob; of hym a scheepherd yede out, the stoon of Israel.

Psalms 23:1The title of the `thre and twentithe salm. The song of Dauid. The erthe and the fulnesse therof is `the Lordis; the world, and alle that dwellen therynne `is the Lordis.

Proverbs 1:6He schal perseyue a parable, and expownyng; the wordis of wise men, and the derk figuratif spechis of hem.

Proverbs 22:17My sone, bowe doun thin eere, and here thou the wordis of wise men; but sette thou the herte to my techyng.

Isaiah 40:11As a scheepherd he schal fede his flok, he schal gadere lambreen in his arm, and he schal reise in his bosom; he schal bere scheep `with lomb.

Ezekiel 34:23and Y schal reise on tho o sheepherde, my seruaunt Dauid, that schal fede tho; he schal fede tho, and he schal be `in to a sheepherde to hem.

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