Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Proverbs 24:3-4
The “house” is figurative of the whole life, the “chambers” of all regions, inward and outward, of it.
The “house” is figurative of the whole life, the “chambers” of all regions, inward and outward, of it.
Verse Proverbs 24:3. _THROUGH WISDOM IS A HOUSE BLINDED_] That is, a family; household affairs. Proverbs 9:1, c....
CHAPTER 24 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED In the final instructions of this chapter we find first a description of the evil men. Their heart studieth destruction; their lips talk mischief. This theme is repea...
PROVERBS 24:7 A. Lit. Wisdom is corals to the fool. RV involves a change m the text, which gives perhaps the best sense that can be made of an obviously corrupt stanza. Proverbs 24:9. thought: the wor...
WISDOM. Hebrew. _chakmah._ See note on Proverbs 1:2....
_a house_ literal or metaphorical, comp. Proverbs 14:1....
CHAPTER 24 TEXT Proverbs 24:1-12 1. Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them: 2. For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief. 3. Through wi...
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: THROUGH WISDOM IS AN HOUSE BUILDED. Do not, in seeing the prosperity of the wicked (; ; , etc.), despair of true prosperi...
5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge than a man of strength.'...
The writer describes a fine house. Perhaps the house is really a palace, because the house has rare and beautiful objects. This house can be like our lives. A house is safe if its builder was skilled...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 24 V1 Do not be jealous of evil men. Do not try to meet them. V2
XXIV (3) THROUGH WISDOM IS AN HOUSE BUILDED. — See above on Proverbs 14:1....
בְּ֭ חָכְמָה יִבָּ֣נֶה בָּ֑יִת וּ֝ בִ תְבוּנָ
CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to hi...
Warnings are uttered against envy, against the formation of evil companionships, against excess in passion, against all false exhilaration; and perperpetual attention to wisdom and earnest endeavor to...
_Wisdom and virtue, and not by injustice can the house be established._...
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...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
THROUGH 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 an...
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: Ver. 3. _Through wisdom is an house builded._] _q.d., _ I will show thee a better project; wouldst thou thrive and grow gre...
_Through wisdom is a house built_ There is no need that thou shouldst raise thyself and family by ruining others, as the manner of wicked men is; for thou mayest more easily and effectually do it by w...
V. 3. THROUGH WISDOM IS AN HOUSE BUILDED, not only the dwelling, but the occupants of the house being included in the designation, AND BY UNDERSTANDING IT IS ESTABLISHED, in this way only do people ge...
There is no need that thou shouldst raise thyself and family by ruining others, as the manner of wicked men is, which thou mayst more easily and effectually do by wisdom, and the fear of God....
Proverbs 24:3 wisdom H2451 house H1004 built H1129 (H8735) understanding H8394 established H3559 (H8709) wisdom -...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: If wicked people prosper, we should not be inclined to do as they do, nor complain of what God does in His provide...
Proverbs 24:1. _Be not envious against evil men._ Similar thoughts occur in Psalms 37:1; Psalms 73; Proverbs 17:1. Why should we envy the wicked? We are all g
_Through wisdom is an house builded._ THE SPIRITUAL EDIFICE The subject is wisdom, with its enlargements of understanding and knowledge--terms probably used to denote the expansions of the master pri...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 24:3 The images of wisdom’s benefits (A HOUSE... BUILT, ESTABLISHED, and FILLED) include material provision in addition to a blessed family life. These
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 24:5. A MAN OF KNOWLEDGE, rather “_a man of understanding_,” INCREASETH STRENGTH, literally “_maketh power strong_.” Miller translates the entire verse thus:—“_A strong man,...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 24:1 We return here to the more usual form, the tetrastich. BE NOT THOU ENVIOUS AGAINST EVIL MEN (see on Proverbs 23:17, where a similar warning is given, and comp....
Again, he continues in twenty-four in putting them together in couplets or in phrases. Be not envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. For their heart studies destruction, and their...
1 Corinthians 3:9; 2 Samuel 7:26; Colossians 2:7; Jeremiah 10:12;...
Through wisdom — There is no need that thou shouldest raise thy family by ruining others, which thou mayest more effectually do by wisdom....