Proverbs 14:11

14:11 The household ¹  of the wicked will be destroyed,

but the tent ²  of the upright will flourish.

Proverbs 24:3

24:3 By ³  wisdom a house is built, ⁴ 

and through understanding it is established;

[14:11]  ¹ tn Heb “house.” The term “house” is a metonymy of subject, referring to their contents: families and family life.

[14:11]  ² tn The term “tent” is a metonymy here referring to the contents of the tent: families.

[24:3]  ³ tn The preposition בְּ (bet, “by; through”) in these two lines indicates means.

[24:3]  ⁴ sn The twentieth saying, vv. 3-4, concerns the use of wisdom for domestic enterprises. In Prov 9:1 wisdom was personified as a woman who builds a house; but here the emphasis is primarily on the building – it is a sign of security and prosperity (C. H. Toy, Proverbs [ICC], 442). One could still make a secondary application from this line for a household or “family” (cf. NCV, which sees this as a reference to the family).