Ecclesiastes 12:9-11

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁹ And whereas Ecclesiastes was very wise, he taught the people, and declared the things that he had done: and seeking out, he set forth many parables.

¹⁰ He sought profitable words, and wrote words most right, and full of truth.

¹¹ The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails deeply fastened in, which by the counsel of masters are given from one shepherd.