Proverbs 24:3
An house shall be builded by wisdom, and it shall be made strong by prudence, ( or by understanding).
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:26and thy name be magnified/and thy name be made great till into without end, and be it said, The Lord of hosts is God upon Israel; and the house of thy servant David shall be stablished before the Lord;
Proverbs 14:1A wise woman buildeth her house; and an unwise woman shall destroy with hands, that is, with her evil works, an house builded. (A wise woman buildeth up her own house; but an unwise woman shall destroy with her own hands, that is, with her own evil works, the house that she hath built.)
1 Corinthians 3:9For we be the helpers of God; ye be the earth-tilling of God, ye be the building of God.
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 →