Verse 27

Prepare{H3559}{(H8685)} thy work{H4399} without{H2351}, and make it fit{H6257}{(H8761)} for thyself in the field{H7704}; and afterwards{H310} build{H1129}{(H8804)} thine house{H1004}.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 5:17-18 : 17 And the king{H4428} commanded{H6680}{(H8762)}, and they brought{H5265}{(H8686)} great{H1419} stones{H68}, costly{H3368} stones{H68}, and hewed{H1496} stones{H68}, to lay the foundation{H3245}{(H8763)} of the house{H1004}. 18 And Solomon's{H8010} builders{H1129}{(H8802)} and Hiram's{H2438} builders{H1129}{(H8802)} did hew{H6458}{(H8799)} them, and the stonesquarers{H1382}: so they prepared{H3559}{(H8686)} timber{H6086} and stones{H68} to build{H1129}{(H8800)} the house{H1004}.
• 1 Kgs 6:7 : 7 And the house{H1004}, when it was in building{H1129}{(H8736)}, was built{H1129}{(H8738)} of stone{H68} made ready{H8003} before it was brought{H4551} thither: so that there was neither hammer{H4717} nor axe{H1631} nor any tool{H3627} of iron{H1270} heard{H8085}{(H8738)} in the house{H1004}, while it was in building{H1129}{(H8736)}.
• Luke 14:28-30 : 28 For{G1063} which{G5101} of{G1537} you{G5216}, intending{G2309}{(G5723)} to build{G3618}{(G5658)} a tower{G4444}, sitteth{G2523} not{G3780} down{G2523}{(G5660)} first{G4412}, and counteth{G5585}{(G5719)} the cost{G1160}, whether{G1487} he have{G2192}{(G5719)} sufficient to{G4314} finish{G535} it? 29 Lest{G3363} haply{G3379}, after he{G846} hath laid{G5087}{(G5631)} the foundation{G2310}, and{G2532} is{G2480} not{G3361} able{G2480}{(G5723)} to finish{G1615}{(G5658)} it, all{G3956} that behold{G2334}{(G5723)} it begin{G756}{(G5672)} to mock{G1702}{(G5721)} him{G846}, 30 Saying{G3004}{(G5723)}, This{G3754}{G3778} man{G444} began{G756}{(G5662)} to build{G3618}{(G5721)}, and{G2532} was{G2480} not{G3756} able{G2480}{(G5656)} to finish{G1615}{(G5658)}.