Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.
Cross References
Proverbs 24:26An honest answer given is like a kiss on the lips.
Proverbs 27:23Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;
Treasury of Scripture
Prepare your work without, and make it fit for yourself in the field; and afterwards build your house.
1 Kings 5:17,18
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house…
1 Kings 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.
Luke 14:28-30
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? …
