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

"I have been with you for the past twenty years. Your ewes and female goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten rams from your flocks.

But Jacob said to him, "My lord knows that the children are young, and that I have to look after the sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven too hard for even a single day, all the animals will die.

When David's oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, he became angry with David and said, "Why have you come down here? To whom did you entrust those few sheep in the desert? I am familiar with your pride and deceit! You have come down here to watch the battle!"

Shitrai the Sharonite was in charge of the cattle grazing in Sharon; Shaphat son of Adlai was in charge of the cattle in the valleys.

He built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns, for he owned many herds in the lowlands and on the plain. He had workers in the fields and vineyards in the hills and in Carmel, for he loved agriculture.

I will save my sheep; they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.

Then when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these do?" He replied, "Yes, Lord, you know I love you." Jesus told him, "Feed my lambs."

Give a shepherd's care to God's flock among you, exercising oversight not merely as a duty but willingly under God's direction, not for shameful profit but eagerly.

Look well

When I saw this, I gave careful consideration to it; I received instruction from what I saw:

he said to them, "Keep in mind all the words I am solemnly proclaiming to you today; you must command your children to observe carefully all the words of this law.

General references

by knowledge its rooms are filled with all kinds of precious and pleasing treasures.

But if we have food and shelter, we will be satisfied with that.