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The lambs are for your clothing, And the goats are the price of a field.
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The Rewards of Diligence
Commentators explain that this verse literally describes the practical benefits of diligent animal husbandry. The wool from lambs provides material for clothing, and the sale of goats provides the money ('price') to purchase more land or other necessities. It's a clear picture of how faithful work yields tangible provision.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Proverbs 27:23 sings the praises of the earlier patriarchal life, with its flocks and herds, and tillage of the ground, as compared wit…
19th Century
Anglican
And the goats are the price of the field—that is, you can purchase a field from the profit of your goats.
Baptist
Those who are diligent generally prosper, and those who are diligent in spiritual things shall have all that their souls need. They shall be clothe…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The lambs [are] for your clothing This is another argument, exciting to diligence in the pastoral calling, taken fro…
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 …