Focused Passage

Proverbs 27:23

Faithful Friendship, Honest Rebuke, Guarded Praise, Wise Stewardship, and the Testing of the Heart

The chapter moves from humility before tomorrow and restraint in praise, to anger, jealousy, rebuke, and friendship, to appetite and neighborly loyalty, to prudence, surety, and speech timing, to relational sharpening and service, to the heart's reflection and testing by praise, and finally to careful stewardship of flocks, fields, and household provision.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

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

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Verse 23

Original words

Be sure to knowיָדֹ֣עַH3045Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute. . .תֵּ֭דַעH3045Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularthe stateפְּנֵ֣יH6440Noun - common plural constructof your flocksצֹאנֶ֑ךָH6629Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularand pay close attentionשִׁ֥יתH7896Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular. . .לִ֝בְּךָ֗H3820Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularto your herdsלַעֲדָרִֽים׃H5739Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural

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