Proverbs 14:1

The Scriptures 2009

Every wise woman has built her house, But the foolish breaks it down with her hands.

Cross References

1 Kings 16:31

And it came to be, as though it had been a light matter for him to walk in the sins of Yaroḇ‛am son of Neḇat, that he took as wife Izeḇel the daughter of Ethba‛al, sovereign of the Tsiḏonians. And he went and served Ba‛al and bowed himself to it,

2 Kings 11:1

And Athalyah was the mother of Aḥazyahu. And when she saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the offspring of the reign.

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is a calamity to his father, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, Than with a contentious and vexed woman.

Proverbs 21:9

It is better to dwell in a corner of a roof, Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

Ruth 4:11

And all the people who were at the gate, and the elders, said, “Witnesses! יהוה make the woman who is coming to your house as Raḥĕl and as Lĕ’ah, the two who built the house of Yisra’ĕl. And prove your worth in Ephrathah and proclaim the Name in Bĕyth Leḥem.