Proverbs 24:3-4
Emily vents her frustration with Aunt Ruth, and the ban on writing fiction, to sympathetic Cousin Jimmy:
“The time will come–the time will come,” said Cousin Jimmy encouragingly. “Wait a while–just wait a while. If we don’t chase things–sometimes the things following us can catch up. ‘Through wisdom is an house builded, and by understanding is it established. And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches’–all precious and pleasant riches, Emily. Proverbs twenty-fourth, third and fifth.”
-Emily Climbs ch.10
Cousin Jimmy actually mis-sourced his quotation. It is Proverbs 24:3-4, not 3-5.
Proverbs 24:3-4
King James Bible
Proverbs 24:3 - Through wisdom is an house builded, and by understanding is it established.
Proverbs 24:4 - And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches
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King James Bible
