Bible Strands
Proverbs 3:19
The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The wisdom author addresses a student in a didactic discourse, placing this declaration of divine creation between an exhortation to embrace wisdom (3:18) and a description of God’s ongoing providence (3:20).
The words — The text highlights חָכְמָה (chachmah) = wisdom and תְבוּנָה (tevunah) = understanding as the instrumental means by which God acts.
The thread — This creative motif appears in Psalms 104:24, Jeremiah 10:12, and John 1:3, where divine wisdom, power, and knowledge are repeatedly linked to the making and sustaining of the cosmos.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to acknowledge that the physical world rests on divine intellect, making the pursuit of wisdom a participation in the foundational order of reality.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
Cross-references
- Psalms 104:24 How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
- Jeremiah 10:12 The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
- John 1:3 Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.
- Jeremiah 51:15 The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
- Psalms 136:5 By His insight He made the heavens. His loving devotion endures forever.
- Proverbs 8:27 I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,