Proverbs 27:23
Note well, the appearance of thy flock, apply thy mind to thy herds;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
In Context
24For, not age-abiding, are riches, nor is the diadem, from generation to generation:—
Cross References
Genesis 33:13And he said unto him, My lord, is taking note, that, the children are tender,—and the flocks and the herds are giving suck with me,—and, should I overdrive them a single day, then would all the flocks die.
Deuteronomy 32:46he said unto them—Apply your hearts unto all the words which I am witnessing against you, to-day,—how that ye must command your sons to observe to do all the words of this law;
1 Chronicles 27:29And, over the herds that pastured in Sharon, was Shitrai, the Sharonite. And, over the herds in the vales, Shaphat, son of Adlai.
Proverbs 24:32So I observed it, for myself, I applied my heart, I looked—I accepted correction:
Ezekiel 34:31Ye, therefore, my flock the flock of my pasture, are, men,— I, am your God, Declareth My Lord Yahweh.
John 21:15When, therefore, they had broken their fast, Jesus saith unto Simon Peter—Simon, son of John! lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him—Yea, Lord! thou, knowest that I am fond of thee, he saith unto him—Be feeding 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 →