Proverbs 14:1
Every wise woman buildeth her house; but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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. The LORD make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel; and do thou worthily in Ephrath, and be famous in Beth-lehem;
1 Kings 21:24Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.'
Proverbs 9:13The woman Folly is riotous; she is thoughtless, and knoweth nothing.
Proverbs 21:9It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than in a house in common with a contentious woman.
Proverbs 24:3Through wisdom is a house builded; and by understanding it is established;
Proverbs 31:16She considereth a field, and buyeth it; with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.