Proverbs 27:23
Be thou diligent to knowe the state of thy cattell thy selfe, and loke well to thy flockes.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
In Context
24For riches abideth not alway, and the crowne endureth not for euer.
Cross References
Genesis 33:13Iacob aunswered him: my lord, thou knowest that the chyldren are tender, and the small and great cattell with young vnder my handes, which if men should ouerdryue but euen one day, all the flocke wyll dye.
Proverbs 24:32This I sawe, and considered it well: I looked vpon it, and toke it for a warning.
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 →