Proverbs 14:1
The wisdom of women buildeth their house; but folly plucketh it down with her hands.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
In Context
Cross References
Ruth 4:11And all the people that were in the gate and the elders said, [We are] witnesses. Jehovah make the woman that cometh into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel; and acquire power in Ephratah, and make thyself a name in Bethlehem;
1 Kings 21:24Him that dieth of Ahab in the city shall the dogs eat, and him that dieth in the field shall the fowl of the heavens eat.
Proverbs 9:13The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing.
Proverbs 21:9It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.
Proverbs 24:3Through wisdom is a house built, and by understanding it is established;
Proverbs 31:16She considereth a field, and acquireth it; of the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.