Proverbs 27:23

All About Life

²² If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him. ²³ Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds, ²⁴ for riches do not last forever, nor does a crown last from generation to generation.

Pay Attention

1 Peter 5:2

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.

Genesis 31:38-40

"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.

Genesis 33:13

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.

Exodus 7:23

And Pharaoh turned and went into his house. He did not pay any attention to this.

Deuteronomy 32:46

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.

1 Samuel 17:28

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!"

1 Chronicles 27:29-31

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.

2 Chronicles 26:10

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.

Proverbs 24:32

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

Ezekiel 34:22-24

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

Ezekiel 34:31

And you, my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are my people, and I am your God, declares the sovereign Lord.'"

John 10:3

The doorkeeper opens the door for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

John 21:15-17

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."