Proverbs 24:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house. ”

• Proverbs 24:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  i. e., Get an estate into good order before erecting a house on it. To “build a house” may, however, be equivalent (compare Exodus 1:21 ; Deuteronomy 25:9 ; Ruth 4:11 ) to “founding a family;” a...

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• Proverbs 24:27 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Prepare thy work outside, and make it fit for thyself in the field; (h) and afterwards build thy house. (h) Be sure of the means how to compass it, before you take any enterprise in hand.

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• Proverbs 24:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Second Division, Proverbs 24:23-34 . This section constitutes the second division of the Sayings of the Wise, as Proverbs 24:23 a indicates. It contains a short collection of sayings varying i...

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• Proverbs 24:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house. Prepare thy work without - Do nothing without a plan. In winter prepare seed, implements, tackle,...

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• Proverbs 24:27 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Prepare thy work without, &c.— He must begin to labour in his field, and perform the works without doors, before he builds his house: he must have wherewith to subsist, before he thinks of a co...

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• Proverbs 24:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house. Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterward build t...

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• Proverbs 24:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge than a man of strength.'

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• Proverbs 24:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Prepare thy work without ... — Method in work is here advised; first till the ground, and then build the house which will be maintained by the produce of the field. In the spiritual life, too, we sh...

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• Proverbs 24:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to...

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• Proverbs 24:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Warnings are uttered against envy, against the formation of evil companionships, against excess in passion, against all false exhilaration; and perperpetual attention to wisdom and earnest endeavor t...

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• Proverbs 24:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house. Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I w...

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• Proverbs 24:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Prepare thy work without ,.... As Solomon did for the building of the temple; timber and stones were prepared, hewed, squared, and fitted for the building before brought thither, 1 Kings 5:18 ; or...

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• Proverbs 24:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house. Ver. 27. Prepare thy work without, &c. ] God would have all his to be not good men only, b...

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• Proverbs 24:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Prepare thy work without Use both industry and prudence in the management of thy concerns, and do every thing in the proper order. First, mind those things which are most necessary, cultivating the...

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• Proverbs 24:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.       This is a rule of prudence in the management of household affairs; for all go...

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• Proverbs 24:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  This is a domestical precept, requiring both industry and prudence in the management of a man's concerns, that he take care in the first place to furnish himself with cattle and the fruits of the fie...

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• Proverbs 24:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 24:27 . House . This word may mean here as it does in Exodus 1:21 , Ruth 4:11 , 2 Samuel 7:27 etc., the family—the household interests. MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs...

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• Proverbs 24:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Proverbs 24:1 . Be not envious against evil men. Similar thoughts occur in Psalms 37:1 ; Psalms 73 ; Proverbs 17:1 . Why should we envy the wicked? We are all going to lie in the common dust; t...

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• Proverbs 24:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house. Preparation; its nature, obligation, and blessings God loves preparations. God gives little...

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• Proverbs 24:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Proverbs 24:1 We return here to the more usual form, the tetrastich. Be not thou envious against evil men (see on Proverbs 23:17 , where a similar warning is given, and comp...

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• Proverbs 24:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 27. Prepare thy work without and make it fit for thyself in the field, by tilling the soil and laboring for a plentiful harvest first; and afterwards build thine house, which includes the esta...

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• Proverbs 24:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 5:17 ; 1 Kings 5:18 ; 1 Kings 6:7 ; Luke 14:28-30

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