Proverbs 24:3
Through wisdome is an house builded, and with vnderstanding it is established.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
In Context
2For their heart imagineth destruction, and their lippes speake mischiefe.
4And by knowledge shall the chambers bee filled with all precious, and pleasant riches.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:26And let thy Name bee magnified for euer by them that shall say, The Lord of hostes is the God ouer Israel: and let the house of thy seruant Dauid be stablished before thee.
Proverbs 14:1A wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish destroyeth it with her owne handes.
1 Corinthians 3:9For we together are Gods labourers: yee are Gods husbandrie, and Gods building.
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 →