Proverbs 27:23
Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
In Context
24for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown [endure] from generation to generation?
Cross References
Genesis 33:13And he said to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and the suckling sheep and kine are with me; and if they should overdrive them only one day, all the flock would die.
Deuteronomy 32:46he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words that I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to take heed to do, all the words of this law.
1 Chronicles 27:29And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite; and over the herds in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai.
Proverbs 24:32Then I looked, I took it to heart; I saw, I received instruction:
Ezekiel 34:31And ye, my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men: I [am] your God, saith the Lord Jehovah.
John 21:15When therefore they had dined, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, [son] of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:23
22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. Solomon had said ( ch. xxii. 15 ), The foolishness which is bound in the heart of a child may be driven out by the rod of correction, for then the mind is to be moulded, the vicious habits not having taken root; but here he shows that, if it be not done then, it will be next to impossible to do it afterwards; if the disease be inveterate, there is a danger of its being incurable. Can the… Read the whole commentary →