Proverbs 24:4
By instruction the storerooms shall be filled with all precious and most beautiful wealth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
In Context
3By wisdom the house shall be built, and by prudence it shall be strengthened.
5A wise man is strong: and a knowing man, stout and valiant.
Cross References
1 Kings 4:22And the provision of Solomon for each day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
1 Chronicles 29:2And I with all my ability have prepared the expenses for the house of my God. Gold for vessels of gold, and silver for vessels of silver, brass for things of brass, iron for things of iron, wood for things of wood: and onyx stones, and stones like alabaster, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble of Paros in great abundance.
2 Chronicles 26:4And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Amasias his father had done.
Nehemiah 13:5And he made him a great storeroom, where before him they laid up gifts, and frankincense, and vessels, and the tithes of the corn, of the wine, and of the oil, the portions of the Levites, and of the singing men, and of the porters, and the firstfruits of the priests.
Proverbs 8:18With me are riches and glory, glorious riches and justice.
Proverbs 15:6The house of the just is very much strength: and in the fruits of the wicked is trouble.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:4-7
3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: 4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. 5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. 6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety. We are tempted to envy those that grow rich, and raise their estates and families, by such unjust courses as our consciences will by no means suffer us to use. But, to set aside that… Read the whole commentary →