Proverbs 24:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 5:17-18 : 17 By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone. 18 Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did the work of cutting them, and put edges on them, and got the wood and the stone ready for the building of the house.
  • 1 Kgs 6:7 : 7 (And the stones used in the building of the house were squared at the place where they were cut out; there was no sound of hammer or axe or any iron instrument while they were building the house.)
  • Luke 14:28-30 : 28 For which of you, desiring to put up a tower, does not first give much thought to the price, if he will have enough to make it complete? 29 For fear that if he makes a start and is not able to go on with it to the end, all who see it will be laughing at him, 30 And saying, This man made a start at building and is not able to make it complete.

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    23 Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;

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