Proverbs 27:23
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 are not for ever; and doth the crown endure unto all generations?
Cross References
Genesis 33:13And he said unto him: 'My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds giving suck are a care to me; and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.
Deuteronomy 32:46he said unto them: 'Set your heart unto all the words wherewith I testify against you this day; that ye may charge your children therewith to observe to do all the words of this law.
1 Chronicles 27:29and over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shirtai the Sharonite; and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai;
Proverbs 24:32Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction.
Ezekiel 34:31And ye My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.'
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 →