Proverbs 27:23

Endeavor to know well the appearance of thy flocks, direct thy attention to thy herds;

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

In Context

22Though thou shouldst pound the fool in a mortar, in the midst of grains of wheat with a pestle: still would his folly not depart from him.

24For property endureth not for ever, nor doth the crown remain for all generations.

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Cross References

Genesis 33:13And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are a charge on me: and if they should overdrive them one day, all the flock would die.

Deuteronomy 32:46He said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify against you this day, so that ye may command them your children, to observe 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 that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of 'Adlai.

Proverbs 24:32And when I had indeed beheld [this] I took it to my heart: I saw it, and received a warning.

Ezekiel 34:31And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, [and] I am your God, saith the Lord Eternal.

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 →

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