Proverbs 24:27

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 5:17-18 : 17 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, [and] hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. 18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew [them], and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
  • 1 Kgs 6:7 : 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.
  • Luke 14:28-30 : 28 ‹For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have› [sufficient] ‹to finish› [it]? 29 ‹Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish› [it], ‹all that behold› [it] ‹begin to mock him,› 30 ‹Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.›

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