Proverbs 14:1

God's Word

The wisest of women builds up her home, but a stupid one tears it down with her own hands.

Cross References

Proverbs 21:9

Better to live on a corner of a roof than to share a home with a quarreling woman.

Proverbs 21:19

Better to live in a desert than with a quarreling and angry woman.

Ruth 4:11

All the people who were at the gate, including the leaders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make this wife, who is coming into your home, like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built our family of Israel. So show your strength of character in Ephrathah and make a name for yourself in Bethlehem.

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son ruins his father, and a quarreling woman is like constantly dripping water.

1 Kings 16:31

It wasn’t enough that he committed the same sins as Jeroboam (Nebat’s son). He also married Jezebel, daughter of King Ethbaal of Sidon. Ahab then served and worshiped Baal.

2 Kings 11:1

When Ahaziah’s mother, Athaliah, saw that her son was dead, she began to destroy the entire royal family.