Proverbs 24:4

By using good sense, they are able to buy valuable and beautiful things and put them in the rooms of their houses.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

In Context

3People make good houses (OR, families) by doing what is wise, and they make their houses (OR, families) strong by heeding good advice.

5Being wise is better than being strong/powerful; those who know many things can accomplish more than those who are very strong.

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Cross References

1 Kings 4:22To feed the people in his palace and his guests Solomon needed people to bring to him every day 150 bushels of fine flour and 300 bushels of wheat,

1 Chronicles 29:2From all the things that I possess, I have provided what will be needed to build the temple of my God—the gold for the things to be made of gold, the silver for the things to be made of silver, bronze for the things to be made of bronze, iron for the things to be made of iron, wood for the things to be made of wood, and large amounts of onyx and turquoise and other valuable stones of various colors, and marble and all kinds of valuable stones.

2 Chronicles 26:4Uzziah did things that Yahweh considered to be good, like his father Amaziah had done.

Nehemiah 13:5He allowed Tobiah to use a large room in which they had previously stored the grain offerings and the incense, the equipment that is used in the temple, the offerings that the people had brought for the priests, and the tithes of grain and wine and olive oil that God had commanded the people to bring to the other descendants of Levi, and to the temple musicians, and to the temple guards.

Proverbs 8:18I enable people to become rich and to be honored; I enable them to have wealth that will last and to be successful.

Proverbs 15:6There are many valuable things in the houses of righteous people; the wealth of wicked people causes them to have troubles/difficulties.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:4-7

3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: 4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. 5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. 6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety. We are tempted to envy those that grow rich, and raise their estates and families, by such unjust courses as our consciences will by no means suffer us to use. But, to set aside that… Read the whole commentary →

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