Proverbs 27:23-27

Cross-references For Better Understanding a Related Topics b Additional Materials c

Summary

• Take care of your flocks and crops ... they'll take care of you.

Details and/or Comments

• This is a general principle that can be applied to many areas in life. It promotes the opposite of laziness!

• Focusing on productivity and the building-up of one's resources is much better than just spending using them up! A "consumer mentality" ultimately leads to poverty.

Scripture

Proverbs 27:23-27

• Indirectly, this passage speaks about (or against) laziness. It promotes the opposite.

Scripture Passage	Comments and Links
Pro 27:23 Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:	Taking care of your animals - not neglecting them. (Crops are also mentioned, below.) Treatment of Animals
Pro 27:24 for riches are not forever, nor does even the crown endure to all generations.	The folly of a "consumer mentality." Your wealth won't last forever, if you aren't doing something to earn more! Wealth
Pro 27:25 The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in. Pro 27:26 The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field. Pro 27:27 There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, for your family's food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.	Work Ethic

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