Proverbs 27:23

New Century Version

Be sure you know how your sheep are doing, and pay attention to the condition of your cattle.

Cross References

Genesis 33:13

But Jacob said to him, “My master, you know that the children are weak. And I must be careful with my flocks and their young ones. If I force them to go too far in one day, all the animals will die.

2 Chronicles 26:10

He also built towers in the desert and dug many wells, because he had many cattle on the western hills and in the plains. He had people who worked his fields and vineyards in the hills and in the fertile lands, because he loved the land.

Exodus 7:23

The king turned and went into his palace and ignored what Moses and Aaron had done.

Proverbs 24:27

First, finish your outside work and prepare your fields. After that, you can build your house.

Proverbs 24:32

I thought about what I had seen; I learned this lesson from what I saw.

Jeremiah 31:10

“Nations, listen to the message from the Lord. Tell this message in the faraway lands by the sea: ‘The one who scattered the people of Israel will bring them back, and he will watch over his people like a shepherd.’

Ezekiel 34:12

As a shepherd takes care of his scattered flock when it is found, I will take care of my sheep. I will save them from all the places where they were scattered on a cloudy and dark day.

Ezekiel 34:31

You, my human sheep, are the sheep I care for, and I am your God, says the Lord God.’ ”

John 10:3

The one who guards the door opens it for him. And the sheep listen to the voice of the shepherd. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

Deuteronomy 32:46

he said to them: “Pay careful attention to all the words I have said to you today, and command your children to obey carefully everything in these teachings.

1 Peter 5:2

shepherd God’s flock, for whom you are responsible. Watch over them because you want to, not because you are forced. That is how God wants it. Do it because you are happy to serve, not because you want money.

1 Samuel 17:28

When David’s oldest brother Eliab heard David talking with the soldiers, he was angry with David. He asked David, “Why did you come here? Who’s taking care of those few sheep of yours in the desert? I know you are proud and wicked at heart. You came down here just to watch the battle.”