Proverbs 24:3-6

3 By ¹wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established;

4 by knowledge the rooms are filled with all ²precious and pleasant riches.

5 ³A wise man is full of strength, and a man of knowledge enhances his might,

6 for by ⁴wise guidance you can wage your war, and in ⁵abundance of counselors there is victory.

Proverbs 24:3-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 12

This chapter relates Rehoboam's going to Shechem to be made king, and Jeroboam's return from Egypt, 1Ki 12:1,2, the people's request to Rehoboam to be eased of their taxes, as the condition of making him king, 1Ki 12:3,4, his answer to them, after three days, having had the advice both of the old and young men, which latter he followed, and gave in a rough answer, 1Ki 12:5-15, upon which ten tribes revolted from him, and two abode by him, 1Ki 12:16-20, wherefore he meditated a war against the ten tribes, but was forbid by the Lord to engage in it, 1Ki 12:21-24 and Jeroboam, in order to establish his kingdom, and preserve the people from a revolt to the house of David, because of the temple worship at Jerusalem, devised a scheme of idolatrous worship in his own territories, 1Ki 12:25-33.

Cross References

• 1. [Proverbs 14:1]
• 2. [Proverbs 23:23; Luke 16:11]
• 3. [Proverbs 21:22]
• 4. Proverbs 20:18
• 5. See Proverbs 11:14