Proverbs 24:27
Prepare your work outside, 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 hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
1 Kings 6:7
And the house, when it was being built, was built of stone made ready before it was brought there: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was being built.
Luke 14:28-30
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sits not down first, and counts the cost, whether he has enough to finish it?
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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
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
1 Kings 6:7
And the house, when it was being built, was built of stone made ready before it was brought there: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was being built.
Luke 14:28
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sits not down first, and counts the cost, whether he has enough to finish it?