Proverbs 27:23
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds!
Noyes Bible
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 last not for ever; Not even a crown endureth from generation to generation.
Cross References
Proverbs 24:32Then I saw, and considered it well; I looked upon it. and received instruction.
Ezekiel 34:31For ye, my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord Jehovah.
John 21:15So when they had breakfasted, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him, Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith 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 →