Proverbs 24:27 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁷Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

Proverbs 24:27 —

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Luke 14:28-30
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? …
1 Kings 5:17-18
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. …
1 Kings 6:7
And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 27)

This is a rule of prudence in the management of household affairs; for all good men should be good husbands, and manage with discretion, which would prevent a great deal of sin, and trouble, and disgrace to their profession. 1. We must prefer necessaries before conveniences, and not lay that out for show which should be expended for the support of the family. We must be contented with a mean cotta…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 27)

27. Prepare ... in the field--Secure, by diligence, a proper support, and then build; provide necessaries, then comforts, to which a house rather pertained, in a mild climate, permitting the use of tents.