“ Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: ”
The “house” is figurative of the whole life, the “chambers” of all regions, inward and outward, of it.
Proverbs 24:7 a. Lit. Wisdom is corals to the fool. RV involves a change m the text, which gives perhaps the best sense that can be made of an obviously corrupt stanza. Proverbs 24:9 . though...
wisdom. Hebrew. chakmah. See note on Proverbs 1:2 .
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: Through wisdom is a house blinded - That is, a family; household affairs. See the notes on Proverbs 9:1 (note), etc.
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: Through wisdom is an house builded. Do not, in seeing the prosperity of the wicked ( Proverbs 24:1 ; Psalms 37:35...
5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge than a man of strength.'
XXIV (3) Through wisdom is an house builded. — See above on Proverbs 14:1 .
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...
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...
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding i...
Through wisdom is a house builded ,.... A family is built up, furnished and supplied with the necessaries and conveniences of life, and brought into flourishing and prosperous circumstances, by wise...
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: Ver. 3. Through wisdom is an house builded. ] q.d., I will show thee a better project; wouldst thou thrive and grow g...
Through wisdom is a house built There is no need that thou shouldst raise thyself and family by ruining others, as the manner of wicked men is; for thou mayest more easily and effectually do it by...
3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: 4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. 5 A wise man is stro...
There is no need that thou shouldst raise thyself and family by ruining others, as the manner of wicked men is, which thou mayst more easily and effectually do by wisdom, and the fear of God.
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 24:5 . A man of knowledge , rather “ a man of understanding ,” increaseth strength , literally “ maketh power strong .” Miller translates the entire verse thus:—“ A stro...
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...
Through wisdom is an house builded. The spiritual edifice The subject is wisdom, with its enlargements of understanding and knowledge--terms probably used to denote the expansions of the master...
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...
v. 3. Through wisdom is an house builded, not only the dwelling, but the occupants of the house being included in the designation, and by understanding it is established, in this way only do peop...
1 Corinthians 3:9 ; 2 Samuel 7:26 ; Colossians 2:7 ; Jeremiah 10:12 ; Proverbs 14:1 ; Proverbs 9:1
Through wisdom — There is no need that thou shouldest raise thy family by ruining others, which thou mayest more effectually do by wisdom.