27 Prepare thy work outside, and make it ready for thee in the field, and afterwards build thy house.
Proverbs 24:27 Cross References - ACV
1 Kings 5:17-18
1 Kings 6:7
7 And the house, when it was being built, was built of stone made ready at the quarry. And there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was being built.
Luke 14:28-30
28 For which of you wanting to build a tower, does not, having first sat down, count the cost whether he has the things for completion?
29 So that perhaps, having laid its foundation, and not being able to finish, all those who see begin to ridicule him,
30 saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.