Proverbs 27:23

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Summary

Proverbs 27:23

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

Diligent

Look well

Proverbs 24:32

Deuteronomy 32:46

General references

Proverbs 24:4

1 Timothy 6:8

Bible References

Diligent

These twenty years I [was] with you; your ewes and your female goats did not miscarry, and the rams of your flocks I did not eat.

But he said to him, "My lord knows that the children [are] frail, and the flocks and the cattle [which are] nursing [are a concern] to me. Now [if] they drove them hard for a day all the flocks would die.

His oldest brother Eliab heard while he was speaking to the men, {and Eliab became very angry against David} and said, "Why have you come down today, and with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumptuousness and the evil of your heart! For you have come down in order to see the battle!"

And over the cattle pastured in the Sharon [was] Shitrai the Sharonite. And over the cattle in the valley [was] Shaphat the son of Adlai.

And he built towers in the desert and hewed many cisterns, for he had much livestock, both in the Shephelah and on the plain, [along with] farmers and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil.

And [so] I will save my flock, and {they will no longer be} for plunder, and I will judge between {one sheep and another}.

Now when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon [son] of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs!"

shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not by compulsion but willingly, in accordance with God, and not greedily but eagerly,

Look well

Then I myself saw and my heart considered; I looked, and I took hold of instruction:

then he said to them, "{Take to heart all the words} that I [am] admonishing [against] you {today} [concerning] which you should instruct them [with respect to] your children {so that they will observe diligently} all the words of this law,

General references

And by knowledge, rooms are filled [with] all riches, precious and pleasant.

But [if we] have food and clothing, with these [things] we will be content.