Proverbs 27:25 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁵The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

Proverbs 27:25 —

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Cross-References

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Proverbs 10:5
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Psalms 104:14
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

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Agriculture Diligence Economics Farming Frugality Hay Horticulture Husbandman

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 23-27)

Here is, I. A command given us to be diligent in our callings. It is directed to husbandmen and shepherds, and those that deal in cattle, but it is to be extended to all other lawful callings; whatever our business is, within doors or without, we must apply our minds to it. This command intimates, 1. That we ought to have some business to do in this world and not to live in idleness. 2. We ought r…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 25)

25-27. The fact that providential arrangements furnish the means of competence to those who properly use them is another motive to diligence (compare Psa 65:9-13). The hay appeareth--literally, “Grass appeareth” (Job 40:15; Psa 104:14).