Proverbs 14:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her own hands.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

EVERY WISE woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

A wise woman builds her house, while a foolish woman tears hers down with her own hands.

Catholic Public Domain Version

A wise woman builds up her household. But a foolish one will pull down with her own hands what has been built up.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

A wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish will pull down with her hands that also which is built.

Proverbs 14:1 Cross References

1 Kings 16:31

And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he took as his wife Jezebel daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians and went and served Baal and worshiped him.

2 Kings 11:1

Now when Athaliah, Ahaziah’s mother, saw that her son was dead, she set about to destroy all the royal family.

Proverbs 19:13

A stupid child is ruin to a father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful wife.

Proverbs 21:9

It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a contentious wife.

Ruth 4:11

Then all the people who were at the gate, along with the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you produce children in Ephrathah and bestow a name in Bethlehem;