Proverbs 14:1
Wise women [PRS] hold their families together by the wise things that they do, but foolish women ruin their families by the foolish things that they do.
Translation for Translators
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 4:11All the elders and the others who were sitting at the town gate agreed, and one of them said, “ Yes, we are witnesses. We hope/desire that Yahweh will enable this woman, who will be coming into your home, to give birth to many children, as Rachel and Leah did. They are the women from whom all us people [MTY] of Israel are descended. We hope that you will become rich in the clan of Ephratah, and become famous [MTY] here in Bethlehem.
1 Kings 21:24The dead bodies of the members of your family who die in this city will not be buried, they will be eaten by dogs, and the corpses of those who die in the fields will be eaten by vultures.”
Proverbs 9:13Foolish women talk loudly; they are ignorant and are never ashamed of the wrong things that they do.
Proverbs 21:9It is better to live in the corner of an attic/housetop by yourself than to live inside the house with a wife who is always nagging.
Proverbs 24:3People make good houses (OR, families) by doing what is wise, and they make their houses (OR, families) strong by heeding good advice.
Proverbs 31:16She goes out and looks at a field that someone wants to sell; and if it is a good field, she buys it. She buys grapevines [MTY] with the money that she has earned, and then she plants them.