Proverbs 24:4
And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
Proverbs 24:4 in other translations
| BSB | through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure. |
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| WEB | by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure. |
| ASV | And by knowledge are the chambers filled With all precious and pleasant riches. |
| YLT | And by knowledge the inner parts are filled, With all precious and pleasant wealth. |
| DARBY | and by knowledge are the chambers filled with all precious and pleasant substance. |
| BBE | And by knowledge its rooms are full of all dear and pleasing things. |
| Webster | And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. |
What does Proverbs 24:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 24:3-4
3-4. (Compare Pr 14:1; Is 54:14). house--including the family.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 24:3-6
Piety and prudence in outward affairs, both go together to complete a wise man. By knowledge the soul is filled with the graces and comforts of the spirit, those precious and pleasant riches. The spirit is strengthened for the spiritual work and the spiritual warfare, by true wisdom.
Proverbs 24:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 24:4
- Proverbs 15:6
In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
- Proverbs 21:20
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
- Proverbs 20:15
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
- Proverbs 8:21
That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
- Matthew 13:52
Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
- 1 Chronicles 29:2-9
Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance. Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal: The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord? …
- Nehemiah 13:5-13
And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests. But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king: And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber. …
- 1 Chronicles 27:25-31
And over the king’s treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah: And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub: And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite: And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baal–hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash: …
- 1 Kings 4:22-28
And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl. For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him. And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, all the days of Solomon. …
- 2 Chronicles 26:4-11
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah did. And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper. And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines. And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur–baal, and the Mehunims. …
- Nehemiah 10:39
For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.
- Proverbs 27:23-27
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. …
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ch 4:18-22; 26:4-11; Ne 10:39; 13:5-13; Mt 13:52
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Context
- Proverbs 24:3
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
- Proverbs 24:4
And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
- Proverbs 24:5
A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
Proverbs 24:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y con ciencia se henchirán las cámaras de todo bien preciado y agradable. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et par la connaissance les chambres sont remplies de tous les biens précieux et agréables. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und durch Erkenntnis füllen sich die Kammern mit allerlei kostbarem und lieblichem Gut. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | In doctrina replebuntur cellaria, universa substantia pretiosa et pulcherrima. |