27 Prepare your work outside, and equip it for yourself in the field; Afterward you may then build up your household."
Proverbs 24:27 Cross References - CLV
1 Kings 5:17-18
1 Kings 6:7
7 And the house, in its being built, of perfect stone brought [thither] has been built, and hammer, and the axe--any instrument of iron--was not heard in the house, in its being built.
Luke 14:28-30
28 For which of you, wanting to build a tower, is not first seated to calculate the expense, to see if he has the wherewithal?-"
29 lest at some time, he laying a foundation and not being strong enough to finish up, all those beholding should begin to scoff at him,
30 saying that 'This man begins building and is not strong enough to finish up!'