Proverbs 24:3
Through chochmah is a bais built, 1 and by tevunah (understanding) it is established. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
In Context
2For their lev plotteth violence, 1 and their sfatayim (lips) talk of amal (trouble). 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:26And let Thy Shem be magnified ad olam, saying, Hashem Tzivos is Elohim over Yisroel; and let the Bais of Avdecha Dovid be established before Thee.
Proverbs 14:1Chachmot nashim buildeth her bais, 1 but the foolish pulleth it down with her hands. 1
1 Corinthians 3:9For we are fellow po'alim (workers) of Hashem, you are the sadeh Hashem (field of G-d), you are Hashemʼs binyan (building). + 3:9 Isa 61:3
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 →