Proverbs 27:23
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Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks:

John 10:3
To him the porter openeth: and the sheep hear his voice. And he calleth his own sheep by name and leadeth them out.

Proverbs 24:27
Prepare thy work without, and diligently till thy ground: that afterward thou mayst build thy house.

Jeremiah 31:10
Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the islands that are afar off, and say: He that scattered Israel will gather him: and he will keep him as the shepherd doth his flock.

Ezekiel 34:12
As the shepherd visiteth his flock in the day when he shall be in the midst of his sheep that were scattered, so will I visit my sheep, and will deliver them out of all the places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks:

diligent

Genesis 31:38-40 Have I, therefore, been with thee twenty years? thy ewes and goats were not barren, the rams of thy flocks I did not eat: . . .

Genesis 33:13 And 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.

1 Samuel 17:28 Now when Eliab his eldest brother heard this, when he was speaking with others, he was angry with David, and said: Why camest thou hither? and why didst thou leave those few sheep in the desert? I know thy pride, and the wickedness of thy heart: that thou art come down to see the battle.

1 Chronicles 27:29-31 And over the herds that fed in Saron, was Setrai a Saronite: and over the oxen in the valleys, Saphat the son of Adli: . . .

2 Chronicles 26:10 And 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.

Ezekiel 34:22-24,31 I will save my flock, and it shall be no more a spoil, and I will judge between cattle and cattle. . . .

John 21:15-17 When 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. . . .

1 Peter 5:2 Feed 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:

look well or set thy heart

Proverbs 24:32 Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction.

Exodus 7:23 And he turned himself away, and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to it this time also.

Deuteronomy 32:46 And he said to them: Set your hearts on all the words, which I testify to you this day: which you shall command your children to observe and to do, and to fulfil all that is written in this law:

Context
Do not Boast about Tomorrow
22Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him. 23Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks:24For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.…
Lexicon
Be sure to know
יָדֹ֣עַ (yā·ḏō·a‘)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

the state
פְּנֵ֣י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

of your flocks,
צֹאנֶ֑ךָ (ṣō·ne·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock

and pay close attention
שִׁ֥ית (šîṯ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7896: To put, set

to your herds;
לַעֲדָרִֽים׃ (la·‘ă·ḏā·rîm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5739: An arrangement, muster


Additional Translations
Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;Be you diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds.

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds:

Do thou thoroughly know the number of thy flock, and pay attention to thine herds.

Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds:

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

Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:

Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,
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