AS MEN, AS KINGS, AS SHEPHERDS OF OUR FAMILIES AND AFFAIRS, WE ARE TO LOOK WELL. PAY ATTENTION. DIRECT OUR GAZE TO SEARCH OUT THE TRUE STATE OF AFFAIRS.
Proverbs 27:23-24
Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds, For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations.
• See and know for yourself – be nosy. This is my livelihood and chief responsibility: the care of the flock. Never be afraid to be overly interested in the affairs of people and things you are responsible for. That is the principle: SEE FOR YOURSELF. The One true shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
• Gill’s: Be thou diligent to know the state of flocks .... In what condition they are; what health they enjoy; how fat and fruitful they be; what pasturage they have; and that they want nothing fitting for them that can be had and is necessary; and also the number of them.
• Gill’s: The Septuagint version renders it, the souls of thy flock, as if it was an instruction to spiritual pastors or shepherds, who have the care of the souls of men: and certain it is, that if it is the duty of shepherds in common to be diligent in looking after their sheep, and doing everything the duty of their office requires; then it must become the indispensable duty of pastors of churches to take heed to the flock of God committed to them, and to look into their state and condition, and provide for them, and feed them with knowledge and understanding, Acts 20:28
• Gill’s: And look well to thy herds; or, "put thy heart" (s) to them: show a cordial regard for them, and take a hearty care of them, that they have everything needful for them; and which is for the owner's good as well as theirs.
Proverbs 20:8
A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.
• The principle here: PAY ATTENTION.
• The simple act of looking is essential for ruling and presiding.
• The very presence and use of the king’s eyes for the purpose of justice scatters evil.
• We know that evil prefers to hide, and runs from the light. (John 3:20)
John 3:20-21
Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God.
• Evil prefers to remain hidden and hates to be seen.
Genesis 18:21
Then the LORD said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave, I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me. And if not, I will know.”
• God gives us the very example of going and seeing for himself.
Proverbs 27:23-24
Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds, For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations.
• See and know for yourself – be nosy. This is my livelihood and chief responsibility: the care of the flock. Never be afraid to be overly interested in the affairs of people and things you are responsible for. That is the principle: SEE FOR YOURSELF. The One true shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
• Gill’s: Be thou diligent to know the state of flocks .... In what condition they are; what health they enjoy; how fat and fruitful they be; what pasturage they have; and that they want nothing fitting for them that can be had and is necessary; and also the number of them.
• Gill’s: The Septuagint version renders it, the souls of thy flock, as if it was an instruction to spiritual pastors or shepherds, who have the care of the souls of men: and certain it is, that if it is the duty of shepherds in common to be diligent in looking after their sheep, and doing everything the duty of their office requires; then it must become the indispensable duty of pastors of churches to take heed to the flock of God committed to them, and to look into their state and condition, and provide for them, and feed them with knowledge and understanding, Acts 20:28
• Gill’s: And look well to thy herds; or, "put thy heart" (s) to them: show a cordial regard for them, and take a hearty care of them, that they have everything needful for them; and which is for the owner's good as well as theirs.
Proverbs 20:8
A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.
• The principle here: PAY ATTENTION.
• The simple act of looking is essential for ruling and presiding.
• The very presence and use of the king’s eyes for the purpose of justice scatters evil.
• We know that evil prefers to hide, and runs from the light. (John 3:20)
John 3:20-21
Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God.
• Evil prefers to remain hidden and hates to be seen.
Genesis 18:21
Then the LORD said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave, I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me. And if not, I will know.”
• God gives us the very example of going and seeing for himself.
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