Ecclesiastes 12:11
Hebrew Text— Ecclesiastes 12:11The words of the wise are like goads; and like nails well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
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My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;
so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.
However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”
He has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. He has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver.
having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.
But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
For you were going astray like sheep; but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.
For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.
He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.
for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them and leads them to springs of life-giving waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
Behold, I have today set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”
Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the wine press of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.
May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hand,
“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and tell them, even the shepherds, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Shouldn’t the shepherds feed the sheep?
in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
The rest were killed with the sword of him who sat on the horse, the sword which came out of his mouth. All the birds were filled with their flesh.
You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
“Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me,” says Yahweh of Armies. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.
But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.
Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.
Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.
Strap your sword on your thigh, mighty one: your splendor and your majesty.
I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
“I, Yahweh, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”
“Hear Yahweh’s word, you nations, and declare it in the distant islands. Say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.’
He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of Yahweh, in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God: and they will live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth.
Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.
My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’
When my father and my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will take me up.
I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
But he led out his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding,
but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.
but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.
You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?
Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.
that your faith wouldn’t stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead: Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.
Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,
Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
how he swore to Yahweh, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
The multitudes asked him, “What then must we do?”
It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.
I will fasten him like a nail in a sure place. He will be for a throne of glory to his father’s house.
He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.
I will set up one shepherd over them, and he will feed them, even my servant David. He will feed them, and he will be their shepherd.
I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;
Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
All the instruments of the tabernacle in all its service, and all its pins, and all the pins of the court, shall be of bronze.
All the pins of the tabernacle, and around the court, were of bronze.
Now for a little moment grace has been shown from Yahweh our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and revived us a little in our bondage.
Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.
to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.
Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.
“Isn’t my word like fire?” says Yahweh; “and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
“ ‘ “My servant David will be king over them. They all will have one shepherd. They will also walk in my ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them.
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and don’t understand these things?
But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.
for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus,
When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn’t fade away.