Proverbs 27:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 1 Pet 5:2 : 2 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by compulsion, but willingly; not for dishonest gain, but with a ready mind;
  • John 21:15-17 : 15 When they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, 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. 16 He said to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. He said to him, Feed my sheep. 17 He said to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Do you love me? And he said to him, Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, Feed my sheep.
  • Gen 31:38-40 : 38 These twenty years have I been with you; your ewes and your she goats have not miscarried, and the rams of your flock have I not eaten. 39 That which was torn by beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it; from my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or by night. 40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from my eyes.
  • Gen 33:13 : 13 And he said to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me; and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
  • Exod 7:23 : 23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also.
  • Deut 32:46 : 46 And he said to them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you today, which you shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
  • 1 Sam 17:28 : 28 Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men and Eliab's anger burned against David. He said, Why have you come down here? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the wickedness of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.
  • 1 Chr 27:29-31 : 29 And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite; and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai; 30 Over the camels was also Obil the Ishmaelite; and over the donkeys was Jehdeiah the Meronothite; 31 And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite. All these were the officers of the substance that was king David's.
  • 2 Chr 26:10 : 10 He also built towers in the wilderness and dug many wells, for he had much livestock, both in the lowland and in the plains. He had farmers and vine dressers in the mountains and in Carmel, for he loved the soil.
  • Prov 24:32 : 32 Then I saw, and considered it well; I looked upon it, and received instruction.
  • Ezek 34:22-24 : 22 Therefore I will save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep. 23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. 24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
  • Ezek 34:31 : 31 And you my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, says the Lord GOD.
  • John 10:3 : 3 To him the gatekeeper opens; and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

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