Proverbs 24:4
By discretion the chambers are filled with all precious and excellent wealth.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
In Context
3A house is built by wisdom, and is set up by understanding.
5A wise man is better than a strong man; and a man who has prudence than a large estate.
Cross References
1 Kings 4:22And these were the requisite supplies for Solomon: in one day thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of fine pounded meal,
1 Chronicles 29:2I have prepared according to all my might for the house of my God gold, silver, brass, iron, wood, onyx stones, and costly and variegated stones for setting, and every precious stone, and much Parian marble.
2 Chronicles 26:4And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Amasias his father did.
Nehemiah 13:5and he made himself a great treasury, and there they were formerly in the habit of bestowing the offerings, and the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithe of the corn, and the wine, and the oil, the ordered portion of the Levites, and singers, and porters; and the first fruits of the priests.
Proverbs 8:18Wealth and glory belong to me; yes, abundant possessions and righteousness.
Proverbs 15:6In the houses of the righteous is much strength: but the fruits of the ungodly shall perish.
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 →