Proverbs 24:3
Thorowe wysdome is an house buylded, & with vnderstanding is it set vp.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
In Context
2For their heart imagineth to do hurt, and their lippes talke mischiefe.
4Thorowe discretion shall the chaumbers be filled with all costly and pleasaunt riches.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:1Wyse women vpholde their house: but a foolishe wyfe plucketh it downe.
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 →