Proverbs 24:27
Prepare your outdoor work, and diligently cultivate your field, so that afterward, you may build your house.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In Context
26He shall kiss the lips, who responds with upright words.
28Do not be a witness without cause against your neighbor. And do not mislead anyone with your lips.
Cross References
1 Kings 6:7Now the house, while it was being built, was made from cut and finished stones. And so, neither mallet, nor chisel, nor any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was being built.
Ecclesiastes 3:2A time to be born, and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pull up what was planted.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:24-27
23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. 24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: 25 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. 26 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer. Here are lessons for wise men, that is, judges and princes. As subjects must do their duty, and be obedient to magistrates, so magistrates must do their duty in… Read the whole commentary →