Proverbs 27:23 “Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to y…”

Proverbs 27:23

Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds,

American Standard Version

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds:

Geneva Bible 1599

Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.

Darby Translation

Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:

Young's Literal Translation

Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,

Bible in Basic English

Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;

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Cross references

“diligent”

1 Peter 5:2 John 21:15–17 Genesis 33:13 2 Chronicles 26:10 Ezekiel 34:31 Ezekiel 34:22–24

1 Peter 5:2 · BSB

Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;

John 21:15–17 · BSB

When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”

Genesis 33:13 · BSB

But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.

2 Chronicles 26:10 · BSB

Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fer…

Ezekiel 34:31 · BSB

‘You are My flock, the sheep of My pasture, My people, and I am your God,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

Ezekiel 34:22–24 · BSB

I will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.

“look well”

Proverbs 24:32 Deuteronomy 32:46 Exodus 7:23

Proverbs 24:32 · BSB

I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:

Deuteronomy 32:46 · BSB

he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.

Exodus 7:23 · BSB

Instead, Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and did not take any of this to heart.

Also

John 10:3

John 10:3 · BSB

The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.

24for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.

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