The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one Shepherd.
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
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?”
And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.
Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.
Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things?
He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge,
to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.
I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
And I will fasten him like a peg in a secure place, and he will become a throne of honor to his father's house.
To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Testimony. Of Asaph, a Psalm. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.
A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant,
But now for a brief moment favor has been shown by the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant and to give us a secure hold within his holy place, that our God may brighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our slavery.
yet his bow remained unmoved; his arms were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (from there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel),
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