3Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 3-6)We are tempted to envy those that grow rich, and raise their estates and families, by such unjust courses as our consciences will by no means suffer us to use. But, to set aside that temptation, Solomon here shows that a man, with prudent management, may raise his estate and family by lawful and honest means, with a good conscience, and a good name, and the blessing of God upon his industry; and,…
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