God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 24:3
3With wisdom a house is built. With understanding it is established.
Proverbs 24:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
- New International Version (NIV)By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established;
- English Standard Version (ESV)By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established;
- New King James Version (NKJV)Through wisdom a house is built, And by understanding it is established;
Context of Proverbs 24:3
1Do not envy evil people or wish you were with them, 2because their minds plot violence, and their lips talk trouble. With wisdom a house is built. With understanding it is established. 4With knowledge its rooms are filled with every kind of riches, both precious and pleasant. 5A strong man knows how to use his strength, but a person with knowledge is even more powerful.
Read all of Proverbs 24Proverbs 24:3 word by word
בְּ֭חָכְמָה יִבָּ֣נֶה בָּ֑יִת וּ֝בִתְבוּנָ֗ה יִתְכּוֹנָֽן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 24:3
- Proverbs 9:1Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.
- Proverbs 14:1The wisest of women builds up her home, but a stupid one tears it down with her own hands.
- 1 Corinthians 3:9We are God’s coworkers. You are God’s field. You are God’s building.
- 2 Samuel 7:26Your name will be respected forever when ⌞people⌟ say, ‘The Lord of Armies is God over Israel.’ And the house of your servant David will be established in your presence.
- Jeremiah 10:12The Lord made the earth by his power. He set up the world by his skill. He stretched out the world by his understanding.
- Colossians 2:7Sink your roots in him and build on him. Be strengthened by the faith that you were taught, and overflow with thanksgiving.
Commentaries on Proverbs 24:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Through wisdom is a house blinded - That is, a family; household affairs. See the notes on Proverbs 9:1; (note), etc.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The “house” is figurative of the whole life, the “chambers” of all regions, inward and outward, of it.Read the comment
- 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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