Proverbs 24:27

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Prepare your work outside, get everything ready for you in the field; and after that build your house.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:7

When the house was built, it was with stone prepared at the quarry; so that neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron was heard in the temple, while it was being built.

Proverbs 24:26

He who gives a right answer kisses the lips.

Proverbs 27:23

Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds;

Ecclesiastes 3:1

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:

Ecclesiastes 3:2

a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;