Proverbs 27:23
Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;
In context
20 Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are human eyes. 21 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but people are tested by their praise. 22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them.
23 Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds; 24 for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations. 25 When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in, 26 the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 27:23 in the KJV
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 27:23 in the ESV
Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds,