Cross references

Proverbs 27:23

Be sure to know the state of your flocks,

and pay close attention to your herds;

Proverbs 27:23 BSB

Proverbs 27:23 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Peter 5:2 (16 votes) and John 21:15–17 (9 votes). 10 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Genesis 31 to 1 Peter 5.

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Which verses does Proverbs 27:23 point to?

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  1. 1 Peter 5:216 votes

    Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;

  2. When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.” Jesus asked a second time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus told him, “Shepherd My sheep.” …

  3. But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.

  4. Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.

  5. I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:

  6. ‘You are My flock, the sheep of My pasture, My people, and I am your God,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

  7. I will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another. I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd. …

  8. John 10:34 votes

    The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

  9. he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.

  10. Shitrai the Sharonite was in charge of the herds grazing in Sharon. Shaphat son of Adlai was in charge of the herds in the valleys. Obil the Ishmaelite was in charge of the camels. Jehdeiah the Meronothite was in charge of the donkeys. …

Which verses point to Proverbs 27:23?

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