Proverbs 24:27
Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.
1 Kings 5:17-18
By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone.
1 Kings 6:7
(And the stones used in the building of the house were squared at the place where they were cut out; there was no sound of hammer or axe or any iron instrument while they were building the house.)
Luke 14:28-30
For which of you, desiring to put up a tower, does not first give much thought to the price, if he will have enough to make it complete?
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Summary
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
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General references
1 Kings 5:17
By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone.
1 Kings 6:7
(And the stones used in the building of the house were squared at the place where they were cut out; there was no sound of hammer or axe or any iron instrument while they were building the house.)
Luke 14:28
For which of you, desiring to put up a tower, does not first give much thought to the price, if he will have enough to make it complete?