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Proverbs 14:1

Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

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ASV

Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.

KJV

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

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Original language & word study

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
חַכְמ֣וֹתchakh.Motwise [women] ofH2450 →
נָ֭שִׁיםNa.shimwomenH802 →
בָּנְתָ֣הba.ne.Tahshe buildsH1129 →
בֵיתָ֑הּvei.Tahhouse herH1004 →
וְ֝אִוֶּ֗לֶתve.'i.Ve.letand a foolish womanH200 →
בְּיָדֶ֥יהָbe.ya.Dei.hawith hands herH3027 →
תֶהֶרְסֶֽנּוּ׃te.her.Se.nushe tears down itH2040 →

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Proverbs 31:10–31A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.Proverbs 24:3–4By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;Proverbs 24:3By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;Proverbs 21:9Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.Proverbs 21:19Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.Ruth 4:11“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.Proverbs 9:13–15The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.Ecclesiastes 10:18Through laziness the roof caves in, and in the hands of the idle, the house leaks.Proverbs 12:4A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.1 Samuel 25:3His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.Matthew 7:26But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.Proverbs 31:27She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.1 Kings 16:31And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.2 Kings 11:1When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.Exodus 35:25Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen.1 Timothy 5:14So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.1 Kings 21:24–25Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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