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.

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;