Ecclesiastes 12:9-11

Jubilee Bible 2000

⁹ And the wiser the preacher became that much more did he teach wisdom to the people, causing them to listen and to search things out, and he composed many proverbs.

¹⁰ The preacher sought to find willing words and upright writings, even words of truth.

¹¹ The words of the wise are as goads and as nails hammered into place, those of the teachers of the congregations, who are placed under one Shepherd.