King James Version
Proverbs 24:4 in the King James Version says “And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.”
Proverbs 24:4 · KJV
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
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“be filled”
H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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