...be made fat." " Seest thou a man diligent in his business! He shall stand before kings." " Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds." "Go to the ant, thou sluggard! consider her ways and be wise." "An idle soul shall suffer...

...the open window of a summer school-room. Such we find at the close of the 27th chapter — " Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. The hay appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered...

...personally about the sense they have of heart religion, and what influence the word has upon them. ' Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.' — (Prov. xxvii. 23). It a in this way that I shall know better how to give every one...

...love and charity, and by the latter, the good things of truth and faith. Hence arose the proverb, " Know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thine herds ; " (Proverbs xxvii. 23 ;) and also, the declaration concerning backsliding Israel, namely, " Shame...

...love and charity, and by the latter, the good things of truth and faith. Hence arose the proverb, " Know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thine herds ; " (Proverbs xxvii. 23 ;) and also, the declaration concerning backsliding Israel, namely, " Shame...

...(c) Gen. xxx. 80.— And now, when shall I provide for mine own house? Fror. xsvii. 23.— Be tiiou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. (D) Lev. xxv. 35,— If thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with the•, then...

...whence he was taken; " he that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread ; " again, " be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds, and thou shalt have goats ' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and...

...both the duties in question. It finds men engaged in secular duties; and it says to them, "Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds." It finds men hastening to the grave, looking forward to a world beyond this, — a world...

...disease among them ; as disease in one sheep, if not checked, might infect the whole flock. " Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds " (Prov. xxvii. 23). Tender care and suited teaching, together with "vigilant" inspection,...

...fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. 23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and 'look well to thy herds. 24 For '"riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure "to every generation ? 25 The...