Proverbs 24:3
Through wisdom is a house built; and through understanding is it firmly established;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
In Context
2For their heart meditateth destruction, and of mischief do their lips speak.
4And through knowledge are chambers filled with all manner of precious and pleasant wealth.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:26And let thy name be magnified unto everlasting, that men may say, The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel: and may the house of thy servant David be established before thee.
Proverbs 14:1The wise among women buildeth her house; but the foolish pulleth it down with her own hands.
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 →