Proverbs 14:1

New International Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 21:9

Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

Proverbs 21:19

Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.

Ruth 4:11

Then the elders and all the people at the gate said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish child is a father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof.

1 Kings 16:31

He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal and worship him.

2 Kings 11:1

When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family.