Proverbs 24:3
1 Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
2 for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;
4 through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure.
5 A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge enhances his strength.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;
- KJV
- Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
- WEB
- Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;
- ASV
- Through wisdom is a house builded; And by understanding it is established;
- DARBY
- Through wisdom is a house built, and by understanding it is established;
- BLB
- By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established,
- ÅB
- Ved visdom bygges et hus, og ved forstand blir det trygget,
- OTB
- Ved visdom finner et hus sin grunnvoll, og ved forstand blir det fast satt;
- B1930
- Ved visdom bygges et hus, og ved forstand blir det trygget,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 14:1
Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
Read in contextProverbs 9:1
Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
Read in contextColossians 2:7
rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
Read in contextJeremiah 10:12
The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
Read in context2 Samuel 7:26
so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You.
Read in context