THEOSISProverbs 27:23Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks:
יָדֹ֣עַ תֵּ֭דַע פְּנֵ֣י צֹאנֶ֑ךָ שִׁ֥ית לִ֝בְּךָ֗ לַעֲדָרִֽים׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Pet 5:2Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking care of it, not by constraint but willingly, according to God: not for filthy lucre's sake but voluntarily:
- John 21:15When therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him: Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him: Feed my lambs.
- John 21:17He said to him the third time: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he had said to him the third time: Lovest thou me? And he said to him: Lord, thou knowest all things: thou knowest that I love thee. He said to him: Feed my sheep.
- 2 Chr 26:10And he built towers in the wilderness, and dug many cisterns, for he had much cattle both in the plains, and in the waste of the desert: he had also vineyards and dressers of vines in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he was a man that loved husbandry.
- Gen 33:13And Jacob said: My lord, thou knowest that I have with me tender children, and sheep, and kine with young: which if I should cause to be overdriven, in one day all the flocks will die.
- Prov 24:32Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction.
- John 10:3To him the porter openeth: and the sheep hear his voice. And he calleth his own sheep by name and leadeth them out.
- Ezek 34:31And you my flocks, the flocks of my pasture are men: and I am the Lord your God, saith the Lord God.