King James Version
Proverbs 24:3 in the King James Version says “Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:”
Proverbs 24:3 · KJV
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 it is established:
And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. is strong: Heb. is in strength increaseth: Heb. strengtheneth might
KJV Study — Public Domain
“is an house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“and by understanding”
H8394intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
“it is established”
H3559properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
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