Proverbs 24:27
First, do the work that needs to be done outside your house, and prepare your fields, and then plant things, and after you finish doing that, build your house.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
26Those who answer others honestly show that they are truly their friends [IDM].
Cross References
1 Kings 6:7The huge stones for the foundation of the temple were cut and shaped at the quarry to become very smooth. The result was that while the workers were building the temple there was no noise, because they did not use hammers or chisels or any other iron tools there.
Ecclesiastes 3:2There is a time to be born, and there is a time to die. There is a time to plant seeds, and there is a time to harvest crops.
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 →