Focused Passage

Proverbs 24:27

Wisdom Builds the House: Justice, Courage, Diligence, Enemies, and the Future of the Righteous

The chapter moves from warnings against envying the wicked, to wisdom as constructive strength, to courageous rescue, to future hope, to restraint toward enemies, to public justice and honest speech, and finally to ordered labor and the severe warning of the sluggard's ruined field.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

27Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.

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Verse 27

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Completeהָ֘כֵ֤ןH3559Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singularyour outdoorבַּח֨וּץ׀H2351Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularworkמְלַאכְתֶּ֗ךָH4399Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularand prepareוְעַתְּדָ֣הּH6257Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singularyour fieldבַּשָּׂדֶ֣הH7704Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularafter thatאַ֝חַ֗רH310Adverbyou may buildוּבָנִ֥יתָH1129Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularyour houseבֵיתֶֽךָ׃פH1004Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular

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