Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 24:4
4and by knowledge its rooms are filled with every rare and pleasing treasure.
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
2for their hearts contemplate violence, and their lips speak mischief. 3By wisdom a house is built, by understanding it is prepared, and by knowledge its rooms are filled with every rare and pleasing treasure. 5A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge becomes even stronger. 6For with wise advice you wage war and in many counselors there is victory.
Read all of Proverbs 24Proverbs 24:4 word by word
וּ֭בְדַעַת חֲדָרִ֣ים יִמָּלְא֑וּ כָּל־ה֖וֹן יָקָ֣ר וְנָעִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 24:4
- Proverbs 15:6The house of the righteous has great wealth, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.
- Proverbs 20:15There is gold and abundance of rubies, but lips that speak knowledge are precious.
- Proverbs 21:20Precious treasure and oil are in a wise person’s dwelling, but a foolish person devours all he has.
- Proverbs 27:23Know well the condition of your flocks, pay attention to your herds,
- 1 Chronicles 27:25Over the king’s storehouses: Azmaveth son of Adiel. Over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, in the villages and in the citadels: Jonathan son of Uzziah;
- 1 Chronicles 29:2Now I have made every effort to prepare for the House of my God gold for the golden objects, silver for silver, copper for copper, iron for iron, and wood for wood; onyx stones and inlay stones, stones of antimony and varigated colors—every kind of precious stones and marble in abundance.
- 2 Chronicles 4:18Solomon made all these utensils in such great quantities that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.
- 2 Chronicles 26:4He did what was right in the eyes of Adonai just as his father Amaziah had done.
- Nehemiah 10:39“Also the kohen, a descendant of Aaron, will be with the Levites when the Levites receive the tithe, and the Levites will bring a tenth of the tithes up to the House of our God, to the storerooms of the treasury.
- Nehemiah 13:5He was closely associated with Tobiah and provided him with a large chamber previously used to store the offerings, frankincense, and the Temple vessels, and also the tithes of grain, wine and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers and gatekeepers, along with the offerings for the kohanim.
- Matthew 13:52Then He said to them, “Therefore every Torah scholar discipled for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure both new things and 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
Topics related to Proverbs 24:4
In the dictionaries
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
Tree of Life Version — © 2015 The Messianic Jewish Family Bible Society
Commentaries