3 By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;
4 through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 24:3-4
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.
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Verse 3
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By wisdom בְּ֭חָכְמָה H2451 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular a house בָּ֑יִת H1004 Noun - masculine singular is built יִבָּ֣נֶה H1129 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular and by understanding וּ֝בִתְבוּנָ֗ה H8394 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular it is established יִתְכּוֹנָֽן׃ H3559 Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Verse 4
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through knowledge וּ֭בְדַעַת H1847 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular its rooms חֲדָרִ֣ים H2315 Noun - masculine plural are filled יִמָּלְא֑וּ H4390 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural with every כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct precious יָקָ֣ר H3368 Adjective - masculine singular and beautiful וְנָעִֽים׃ H5273 Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular treasure ה֖וֹן H1952 Noun - masculine singular