Proverbs 27:23
Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.
Cross References
Genesis 33:13Then he answered him, My lord knoweth, that the children are tender, and the ewes and kine with yong vnder mine hande: and if they should ouerdriue them one day, all the flocke would die.
Deuteronomy 32:46Then hee said vnto them, Set your heartes vnto all the wordes which I testifie against you this day, that ye may commande them vnto your children, that they may obserue and doo all the wordes of this Lawe.
1 Chronicles 27:29And ouer the oxen that fed in Sharon, was Shetrai the Sharonite: and ouer the oxen in the valleyes was Shaphat the sonne of Adlai:
Proverbs 24:32Then I behelde, and I considered it well: I looked vpon it, and receiued instruction.
Ezekiel 34:31And yee my sheepe, the sheepe of my pasture are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God.
John 21:15So when they had dined, Iesus said to Simon Peter, Simon the sonne of Iona, louest thou me more then these? He said vnto him, Yea Lord, thou knowest that I loue thee. He said vnto him, Feede my lambes.
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 →