1 Kings 5:17; 1 Kings 5:18; 1 Kings 6:7; Luke 14:28-30
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 ; Deutero...
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,...
Second Division, Proverbs 24:23-34 . This section constitutes the second division of the Sayings of the Wise, as Proverbs 24:23 a indicates. I...
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...
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 h...
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 f...
5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge than a man of strength.'
Before 'building the house' (i.e. getting married), make proper provision.
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 produ...
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...
Warnings are uttered against envy, against the formation of evil companionships, against excess in passion, against all false exhilaration; and perpe...
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...
Prepare thy work without ,.... As Solomon did for the building of the temple; timber and stones were prepared, hewed, squared, and fitted for the bu...
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. ]...
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 thos...
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...
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 fur...
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 h...
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 wic...
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house. Preparation; its nature, obligation, and bl...
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...
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 afte...
27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.