Proverbs 24:3
in Proverbs 24By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;
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ASV
Through wisdom is a house builded; And by understanding it is established;
KJV
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
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This verse in Proverbs 24
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThrough 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 and prudent management, by diligence and industry, through the blessing of God upon them, without taking such methods as evil men do. The house of God, the church of the living God, is built by Wisdom, that is, by Christ; on a good foundation, a rock, upon himself, against which the gates of hell can never prevail; see Pro 9:
This site's exposition
By wisdom a house is built
on Proverbs 24:3-4
"By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established" turns from moral counsel to a builder's proverb. The rooms "filled with every precious and beautiful treasure" read on two levels at once, the household well stocked and the wise life furnished within.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
A commentator
John ChrysostomCOMMENTARY ON THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON, FRAGMENT 24:3-4 · Written before 407.
proposed
[Solomon] calls Christ wisdom, intelligence and reason. The house is [Christ's] church which he built and whose storerooms he filled with every kind of precious and splendid riches. The storerooms are the hearts of those who believe in Christ and live in imitation of him—those hearts, I mean, which abound in goodness in thoughts, words and deeds. For this reason, they are made worthy of eternal blessedness.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Men may by unrighteous practices build their houses, but they cannot establish them, for the foundation is rotten ( Hab. ii. 9, 10 ); whereas what is honestly got will wear like steel and be an inheritance to children's children.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Through wisdom is a house blinded - That is, a family; household affairs. See the notes on Pro 9:1 (note), etc.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The “house” is figurative of the whole life, the “chambers” of all regions, inward and outward, of it.
The words behind it
5 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּ֭חָכְמָה | bechakhemah | by wisdom | H2451 → | 153 times |
| יִבָּ֣נֶה | yibaneh | it is built | H1129 → | 376 times |
| בָּ֑יִת | bayit | a house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וּ֝בִתְבוּנָ֗ה | uvitvunah | and by understanding | H8394 → | 42 times |
| יִתְכּוֹנָֽן׃ | yitkonan | it is established | H3559 → | 217 times |
בְּ֭חָכְמָהby wisdom
bechakhemahH2451 →153 times
יִבָּ֣נֶהit is built
yibanehH1129 →376 times
בָּ֑יִתa house
bayitH1004 →2046 times
וּ֝בִתְבוּנָ֗הand by understanding
uvitvunahH8394 →42 times
יִתְכּוֹנָֽן׃it is established
yitkonanH3559 →217 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
it leads to
- Ephesians 2:20–22
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Peter 2:5
you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
- Ephesians 2:20–22
Through
Colossians 2:7rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
it leads to
- Ephesians 3:17
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,
- Jeremiah 17:8
He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not…
- John 15:4–5
Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.
- Ephesians 3:17
Through
Proverbs 14:1Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
it leads to
- Proverbs 31:10–31
A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.
- Proverbs 24:3–4
By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;
- Proverbs 21:9
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- Proverbs 31:10–31
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies1
About Proverbs
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Charles Bridges, An Exposition of the Book of Proverbs; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Proverbs of Solomon; John Chrysostom, COMMENTARY ON THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON, FRAGMENT 24:3-4; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.