Proverbs 24:3
בְּחָכְמָה יִבָּנֶה בָּיִת וּבִתְבוּנָה יִתְכּוֹנָֽן ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
In Context
2כִּי ־ שֹׁד יֶהְגֶּה לִבָּם וְעָמָל שִׂפְתֵיהֶם תְּדַבֵּֽרְנָה ׃
4וּבְדַעַת חֲדָרִים יִמָּלְאוּ כָּל ־ הוֹן יָקָר וְנָעִֽים ׃
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:26וְיִגְדַּל שִׁמְךָ עַד ־ עוֹלָם לֵאמֹר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אֱלֹהִים עַל ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל וּבֵית עַבְדְּךָ דָוִד יִהְיֶה נָכוֹן לְפָנֶֽיךָ ׃
Proverbs 14:1חַכְמוֹת נָשִׁים בָּנְתָה בֵיתָהּ וְאִוֶּלֶת בְּיָדֶיהָ תֶהֶרְסֶֽנּוּ ׃
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 →