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Pro 24:27 — Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Entire Verse.		1Ki 5:17,18; 1Ki 6:7; Luk 14:28-30

Correlating Passages

Related Verses

	1Ki 5:17	And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, [and] hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
	1Ki 5:18	And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew [them], and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
	1Ki 6:7	And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe [nor] any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
	Luk 14:28	For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have [sufficient] to finish [it]?
	Luk 14:29	Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish [it], all that behold [it] begin to mock him,
	Luk 14:30	Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

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Scott, Thomas. "Proverbs 24:27," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Pro/24/27.html>.

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