Proverbs 14:1
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
- KJV
- Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
- WEB
- Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
- ASV
- Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.
- DARBY
- The wisdom of women buildeth their house; but folly plucketh it down with her hands.
- BLB
- The wisest of women builds her house, and a foolish woman with her own hands tears it down.
- ÅB
- Kvinners visdom bygger sitt hus, men dårskap river det ned med sine hender.
- OTB
- Den kloke kvinnen bygger sitt hus, men den dårlige river det ned med egne hender.
- B1930
- Kvinners visdom bygger sitt hus, men dårskap river det ned med sine hender.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 31:10–31
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Read in contextProverbs 24:3–4
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
Read in contextProverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Read in contextProverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Read in contextRuth 4:11
And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:
Read in contextProverbs 9:13–15
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
Read in contextProverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Read in context1 Kings 16:31
And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
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