Proverbs 27:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;”
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“Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 27:23 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 31:38I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.
- Genesis 33:13But 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.
- Exodus 7:23Instead, Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and did not take any of this to heart.
- Deuteronomy 32:46he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I testify among you today, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.
- 1 Samuel 17:28Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”
- 1 Chronicles 27:29Shitrai the Sharonite was in charge of the herds grazing in Sharon. Shaphat son of Adlai was in charge of the herds in the valleys.
- 2 Chronicles 26:10Since 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 fertile fields.
- Proverbs 24:32I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:
- Ezekiel 34:22I will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.
- Ezekiel 34:31‘You are My flock, the sheep of My pasture, My people, and I am your God,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
- John 10:3The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
- John 21:15When 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.”
- 1 Peter 5:2Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;
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