Proverbs 27:23

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Proverbs 27:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible

21 A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.

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

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

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

25 When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grain from the hills is gathered,

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Genesis 31:38

I 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 31:39

I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.

Genesis 31:40

As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

Genesis 33:13

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.

1 Samuel 17:28

Now 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 27:29

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

1 Chronicles 27:30

Obil the Ishmaelite was in charge of the camels. Jehdeiah the Meronothite was in charge of the donkeys.

1 Chronicles 27:31

Jaziz the Hagrite was in charge of the flocks. All these officials were in charge of King David’s property.

2 Chronicles 26:10

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 fertile fields.

Ezekiel 34:22

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

Ezekiel 34:23

I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.

Ezekiel 34:24

I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David will be a prince among them. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Ezekiel 34:31

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

John 21:15

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.”

John 21:16

Jesus asked a second time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus told him, “Shepherd My sheep.”

John 21:17

Jesus asked a third time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was deeply hurt that Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love Me?” “Lord, You know all things,” he replied. “You know I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.

1 Peter 5:2

Be 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;

Proverbs 24:32

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

Exodus 7:23

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

Deuteronomy 32:46

he 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.