Proverbs 27:23
Be thou diligent to know the condition of thy tzon, 1 and look well to thy adarim (flocks). 1
Orthodox Jewish 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 are not l'olam (forever); 1 and doth the nezer (crown) endure dor vador? 1
Cross References
Genesis 33:13And he said unto him, Adoni knoweth that the yeladim are tender and the nursing tzon and bakar are upon me; and if men should overdrive them yom echad, all the tzon will die.
Deuteronomy 32:46And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the devarim which I testify among you today, which ye shall command your banim to be shomer to do, kol divrei hatorah hazot.
1 Chronicles 27:29And over the bakar (herd) that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharoni; over the bakar that were in the valleys was Shaphat Ben Adlai;
Proverbs 24:32Then I saw, and considered it well in my lev; 1 I looked upon it, and received musar. 1
Ezekiel 34:31And ye My tzon, the tzon of My mireh, are adam, and I am Eloheichem, saith Adonoi Hashem.
John 21:15Then when they ate, he says to Shim'on Kefa, Shim'on Bar-Yochanan, do you have ahavah for me more than these? Shim'on Kefa says to him, Ken, Adoni, You have da'as that I have ahavah for You. 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 →