Proverbs 24:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. ”

Proverbs 24:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The “house” is figurative of the whole life, the “chambers” of all regions, inward and outward, of it.
Proverbs 24:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Proverbs 24:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

chambers . inner chambers.
Proverbs 24:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
Proverbs 24:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. By knowledge - of God, and of our duty to Him, to our neighbour, and to ourselves. All precious and plea...
Proverbs 24:4 - 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.'
Proverbs 24:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

All precious and pleasant riches. — Not only earthly wealth, but the “true riches” ( Luke 16:11 ), the knowledge and love of God. (Comp. note on Proverbs 23:23 .)
Proverbs 24:4 - 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...
Proverbs 24:4 - 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...
Proverbs 24:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Proverbs 24:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And by knowledge shalt the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. That are both of worth, value, and usefulness, and for ornament and delight; the more private and retired parts...
Proverbs 24:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. Ver. 4. With all precious and pleasant riches. ] Riches imply (1.) Plenty of that which is precious and pleasan...
Proverbs 24:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Proverbs 24:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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...
Proverbs 24:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Knowledge; which in Scripture phrase includes the love and practice of that which we know.
Proverbs 24:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 24:4 - 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...
Proverbs 24:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Proverbs 24:4 - 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...
Proverbs 24:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 4. and by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches, the words describing not a miserly hoarding of money, but a condition of the household which speaks of a c...
Proverbs 24:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 27:25-31 ; 1 Chronicles 29:2-9 ; 1 Kings 4:22-28 ; 2 Chronicles 26:4-11 ; 2 Chronicles 4:18-22 ; Matthew 13:52 ; Nehemiah 10:39 ; Nehemiah 13:5-13 ; Proverbs 15:6 ; Proverbs 20...
Proverbs 24:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

By knowledge — Which in scripture phrase includes the love and practice of what we know.

Proverbs 24:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 24:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 24:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 24:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 24:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 24:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 24:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 24:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 24:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 24:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 24:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 24:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 24:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 24:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 24:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 24:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 24:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 24:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 24:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 24:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 24:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 24:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes