Proverbs 24:3
The building of a house is by wisdom, and by reason it is made strong:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
In Context
2For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.
4And by knowledge its rooms are full of all dear and pleasing things.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:26And let your name be made great for ever, and let men say, The Lord of armies is God over Israel: and let the family of David your servant be made strong before you!
Proverbs 14:1Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.
1 Corinthians 3:9For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:2-3
The Excellence of Wisdom. 1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. 2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. Here, 1. The caution given is much the same with that which we had before ( ch. xxiii. 17 ), not to envy sinners, not to think them happy, nor to wish ourselves in their condition, though they prosper ever so much in this world, and are ever so merry and ever so secure. "Let not such a thought ever come into thy mind, O that I could shake off the… Read the whole commentary →