Proverbs 24:3 (BSB)

By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;

From Proverbs 24. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 24:3

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 24:3-6: We are tempted to envy those that grow rich, and raise their estates and families, by such unjust courses as our consciences will by no means suffer us to use. But, to set aside that temptation, Solomon here shows that a man, with prudent management, may raise his estate and family by lawful and honest means, with a good conscience, and a good name, and...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 24:3: Through wisdom is a house builded,.... A family is built up, furnished and supplied with the necessaries and conveniences of life, and brought into flourishing and prosperous circumstances, by wise and prudent management, by diligence and industry, through the blessing of God upon them, without taking such methods as evil men do.
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 24:3: (Compare Pro 14:1; Isa 54:14). house--including the family.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 24:1-6: They have stricken me, [shalt thou say, and] I was not sick; they have beaten me, [and] I felt [it] not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again. (q) Though drunkenness makes them more insensible then beasts, yet they can not refrain.