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Proverbs 24:4
4Knowledge will help him to fill its rooms with beautiful and valuable things.
Proverbs 24:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
- New International Version (NIV)through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.
- English Standard Version (ESV)by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
- New King James Version (NKJV)By knowledge the rooms are filled With all precious and pleasant riches.
Context of Proverbs 24:4
2They only think about how to cause trouble. They only speak to be cruel. 320. It is wisdom that helps a man to build a house. The house will have a strong foundation if he understands what is right. Knowledge will help him to fill its rooms with beautiful and valuable things. 521. A wise man is better than a brave soldier. If a man learns knowledge, he will become stronger. 6If you receive good advice before you fight a battle, you will win against your enemy.
Read all of Proverbs 24Proverbs 24:4 word by word
וּ֭בְדַעַת חֲדָרִ֣ים יִמָּלְא֑וּ כָּל־ה֖וֹן יָקָ֣ר וְנָעִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 24:4
- Proverbs 15:6Righteous people have many valuable things in their homes. But the riches of wicked people bring trouble to them.
- Proverbs 20:15Words that help you to learn things are very valuable. They are more valuable than gold or jewels.
- Proverbs 21:20Wise people store valuable things and good food in their houses. But foolish people waste everything immediately.
- Proverbs 27:23Always take care of your sheep and your goats, as well as your cows.
- 1 Kings 4:22This is the food that Solomon and the people in his palace ate each day: 5,000 litres of flour. 10,000 litres of grain.
- 1 Chronicles 27:25Adiel's son Azmaveth had authority over the places in the palace where the king stored his valuable things. Uzziah's son Jonathan had authority over the places in the different regions of Israel where the king stored his things. Those places were in towns, in villages and in strong towers.
- 1 Chronicles 29:2I have tried to provide the things that he will need to build the temple for my God. They include gold, silver, bronze, iron and wood to make things. I have also given many valuable stones, including onyx, antimony and other jewels, as well as a lot of marble.
- 2 Chronicles 4:18Solomon did not weigh any of these things, because there were so many of them. No one ever knew the weight of the bronze.
- 2 Chronicles 26:4Uzziah did things that the Lord said were good, as his father Amaziah had done.
- Nehemiah 10:39The Levites and the other Israelites will bring their gifts of grain, wine and olive oil to store in the temple's rooms. The priests will store them with the things that they use to serve God in the temple. That is the place where the priests who are working at that time, the temple guards and the singers stay. We agree that we will always take care of the temple of our God.’
- Nehemiah 13:5Eliashib let Tobiah use one of these rooms in the temple. It was a large room where they had stored the grain offerings, the incense and the special plates and tools that they used in the temple. They also stored the tithes of grain, wine and olive oil in that room. These gifts were for the Levites, the temple singers and guards, and also for the priests.
- Matthew 13:52Jesus said to them, ‘Some teachers of God's Law have now learned about the kingdom of heaven. These men are like the master of a house who takes things out of the room where he keeps them. Some of the valuable things he brings out are new and some of them are old.’
Commentaries on Proverbs 24:4
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-6Verses 3-6 Piety and prudence in outward affairs, both go together to complete a wise man. By knowledge the soul is filled with the graces and comforts of the spirit, those precious and pleasant riches. The spirit is strengthened for the spiritual work and the spiritual warfare, by true wisdom.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4Saying 20: See Proverbs 14:11.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-43-4. (Compare Pr 14:1; Is 54:14). house--including the family.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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