Proverbs 3:19 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁹The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

Proverbs 3:19 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 104:24
O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
Jeremiah 10:12
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.
John 1:3
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Jeremiah 51:15
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
Psalms 136:5
To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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Commentary

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

(vv. 13-20)

Solomon had pressed us earnestly to seek diligently for wisdom (Prov. 2:1), and had assured us that we should succeed in our sincere and constant pursuits. But the question is, What shall we get by it when we have found it? Prospect of advantage is the spring and spur of industry; he therefore shows us how much it will be to our profit, laying this down for an unquestionable truth, Happy is the ma…

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

(vv. 19)

19-20. The place of wisdom in the economy of creation and providence commends it to men, who, in proportion to their finite powers, may possess this invaluable attribute, and are thus encouraged by the divine example of its use to seek its possession.