Proverbs 14:1

The Message

Lady Wisdom builds a lovely home; Sir Fool comes along and tears it down brick by brick.

Cross References

2 Kings 11:1

Athaliah was the mother of Ahaziah. When she saw that her son was dead, she took over. She began by massacring the entire royal family. But Jehosheba, daughter of King Jehoram and sister of Ahaziah, took Ahaziah’s son Joash and kidnapped him from among the king’s sons slated for slaughter. She hid him and his nurse in a private room away from Athaliah. He didn’t get killed. He was there with her, hidden away for six years in The Temple of God. Athaliah, oblivious to his existence, ruled the country.

Proverbs 19:13

A parent is worn to a frazzle by an irresponsible child; a nagging spouse is a leaky faucet.

Proverbs 21:19

Better to live in a tent in the wild than with a cross and petulant spouse.

Proverbs 21:9

Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack than share a mansion with a nagging spouse.

Ruth 4:11

All the people in the town square that day, backing up the elders, said, “Yes, we are witnesses. May God make this woman who is coming into your household like Rachel and Leah, the two women who built the family of Israel. May God make you a pillar in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem! With the children God gives you from this young woman, may your family rival the family of Perez, the son Tamar bore to Judah.” * * *