Proverbs 27:23 sings the praises of the earlier patriarchal life, with its flocks and herds, and tillage of the ground, as compared wit…

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy herds... —In the last five verses of this cha…

Do not be slothful in busine ; and, above all, let the Christian be diligent to know the state of his own heart.

Be you diligent to know the state of flocks
In what condition they are; what health they enjoy; how fat and fruitful…

We ought to have some work to do in this world, and not to live in idleness, nor to interfere in matters we do not understand. We must be diligent …