Proverbs 24:27
Prepare without thy work, and make it fit in the field for thyself: and afterward build thy house.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
26Men will kiss the lips of him that giveth a proper answer.
28Be not without cause a witness against thy neighbor; for wouldst thou beguile with thy lips?
Cross References
1 Kings 6:7And the house, when it was in building, was built of entire stones as they had been prepared at the quarry: so that neither hammer, nor axe, nor any tool of iron was heard in the house, while it was in building.
Ecclesiastes 3:2[There is] a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what hath been 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 →