Proverbs 27:26

Lambs are for your clothing, and goats are for the price of a field.

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In The King James Version

The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.

In Context

25The meadows are open, and the green plants have appeared, and the hay has been collected from the mountains.

27Let the milk of goats be sufficient for your food, and for the necessities of your household, and for the provisions of your handmaids.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 27:21Arabia and all the leaders of Kedar, these were the merchants at your hand. Your merchants came to you with lambs, and rams, and young goats.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:24-27

The Reward of Prudence. 23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. 24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? 25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. 26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. 27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens. Here is, I. A command given us… Read the whole commentary →

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