Proverbs 24:5 · KJV
“A wise man {is} strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. {is strong: Heb. is in strength} {increaseth...: Heb. strengtheneth might}”
— Proverbs 24:5
And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors {there is} safety.
Proverbs 24 — Context
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
4And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
5A wise man {is} strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. {is strong: Heb. is in strength} {increaseth...: Heb. strengtheneth might}
6For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors {there is} safety.
7Wisdom {is} too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 7:19
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty {men} which are in the city.
Colossians 1:11
Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
Proverbs 8:14
Counsel {is} mine, and sound wisdom: I {am} understanding; I have strength.
Proverbs 21:22
A wise {man} scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew {their} strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; {and} they shall walk, and not faint. {renew: Heb. change}
Psalms 84:7
They go from strength to strength, {every one of them} in Zion appeareth before God. {strength to...: or, company to company}
Ecclesiastes 9:14-18
{There was} a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
Proverbs 10:29
The way of the LORD {is} strength to the upright: but destruction {shall be} to the workers of iniquity.