Proverbs 24:4 (BSB)
through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure.
From Proverbs 24. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Proverbs 24:4
- 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 24:4: And by knowledge shalt the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. That are both of worth, value, and usefulness, and for ornament and delight; the more private and retired parts of a man's dwelling house, as well as his shops, warehouses, barns, and granaries, shall be filled with all kind of valuable substance, through his knowledge in improving trade or husbandry, in which he is concerned.
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 24:4: by knowledge . . . riches-- (Pro 8:18; Pro 21:20).
- 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.