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Selected Verse: Proverbs 24:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 24:3 |
Strong Concordance |
Through wisdom [02451] is an house [01004] builded [01129]; and by understanding [08394] it is established [03559]: |
| |
King James |
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Compare Pro 14:1; Isa 54:14).
house--including the family. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The "house" is figurative of the whole life, the "chambers" of all regions, inward and outward, of it. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The warning against fellowship with the godless is followed by the praise of wisdom, which is rooted in the fear of God.
3 By wisdom is the house builded,
And by understanding is it established.
4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled
With all manner of precious and pleasant goods.
What is meant by the "building of the house" is explained at Pro 14:1. It is wisdom, viz., that which originates from God, which is rooted in fellowship with Him, by which every household, be it great or small, prospers and attains to a successful and flourishing state; כּונן, as parallel word to בּנה (Pro 3:19; Pro 2:12), is related to it as statuere to extruere; the Hithpal (as at Num 21:17) means to keep oneself in a state of continuance, to gain perpetuity, to become established. That ימּלאוּ by Athnach has not passed over into the pausal ימּלאוּ, arises from this, that the Athnach, by the poetical system of accents, has only the force of the prose accent Sakef; the clause completes itself only by 4b; the pausal form on that account also is not found, and it is discontinued, because the Athnach does not produce any pausal effect (vid., at Psa 45:6). The form of expression in Pro 24:4 is like Pro 1:13; Pro 3:10. But the חדרים, of storerooms (lxx as Isa 26:20, ταμιεῖα), and נעים, like Pro 22:18; Pro 23:8, is peculiar to this collection. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Through wisdom - There is no need that thou shouldest raise thy family by ruining others, which thou mayest more effectually do by wisdom. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Through wisdom is a house blinded - That is, a family; household affairs. See the notes on Pro 9:1 (note), etc. |
14 In righteousness [06666] shalt thou be established [03559]: thou shalt be far [07368] from oppression [06233]; for thou shalt not fear [03372]: and from terror [04288]; for it shall not come near [07126] thee.
1 Every wise [02454] woman [0802] buildeth [01129] her house [01004]: but the foolish [0200] plucketh it down [02040] with her hands [03027].
8 The morsel [06595] which thou hast eaten [0398] shalt thou vomit up [06958], and lose [07843] thy sweet [05273] words [01697].
18 For it is a pleasant thing [05273] if thou keep [08104] them within [0990] thee; they shall withal [03162] be fitted [03559] in thy lips [08193].
20 Come [03212], my people [05971], enter [0935] thou into thy chambers [02315], and shut [05462] thy doors [01817] about thee: hide [02247] thyself as it were for a little [04592] moment [07281], until the indignation [02195] be overpast [05674].
10 So shall thy barns [0618] be filled [04390] with plenty [07647], and thy presses [03342] shall burst out [06555] with new wine [08492].
13 We shall find [04672] all precious [03368] substance [01952], we shall fill [04390] our houses [01004] with spoil [07998]:
4 And by knowledge [01847] shall the chambers [02315] be filled [04390] with all precious [03368] and pleasant [05273] riches [01952].
6 Thy throne [03678], O God [0430], is for ever [05769] and ever [05703]: the sceptre [07626] of thy kingdom [04438] is a right [04334] sceptre [07626].
17 Then Israel [03478] sang [07891] this song [07892], Spring up [05927], O well [0875]; sing [06030] ye unto it:
12 To deliver [05337] thee from the way [01870] of the evil [07451] man, from the man [0376] that speaketh [01696] froward things [08419];
19 The LORD [03068] by wisdom [02451] hath founded [03245] the earth [0776]; by understanding [08394] hath he established [03559] the heavens [08064].
1 Every wise [02454] woman [0802] buildeth [01129] her house [01004]: but the foolish [0200] plucketh it down [02040] with her hands [03027].
1 Wisdom [02454] hath builded [01129] her house [01004], she hath hewn out [02672] her seven [07651] pillars [05982]: