Proverbs 24:3

Translations

Modern

By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;

Traditional

Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

Literal

By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established,

Latin

Sapientia ædificabitur domus, et prudentia roborabitur.

Original

Hebrew

English

By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;

Notes

Proverbs 24:3–4

Saying 20: See Proverbs 14:11.

Proverbs 22:17–24:22

This section is attributed to a group known as the wise, but their identity is unknown. There is a mention of thirty sayings (Proverbs 22:20). The wisdom sayings that follow can be divided into thirty sections. These sections are similar to an Egyptian work called the Instruction of Amenemope, which is also divided into thirty chapters.

Related verses

Proverbs 14:1
Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
Proverbs 9:1
Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.
1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
Colossians 2:7
…rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
Jeremiah 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.
2 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.

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Topics

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