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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.) |
| 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! |
| 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. |
Scripture Passages
(Only books that have relevance to this study have active links. The others are in italics.)
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—— To avoid any copyright issues, all Scripture is either from a public domain translation (such as the World English Bible), my own translation, or a combination of these. ——
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The name "Yahweh," when present in an Old Testament passage, represents the Hebrew name for the God of the Bible.
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Unless otherwise noted, all notes and comments are © by Dennis Hinks.
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