Proverbs 14:1

Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

Cross References (10)

  • Proverbs 31:10–31 (50)

    A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.

  • Proverbs 24:3–4 (35)

    By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;

  • Proverbs 21:9 (25)

    Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

  • Proverbs 21:19 (21)

    Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.

  • Ruth 4:11 (17)

    “We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like

  • Proverbs 9:13–15 (11)

    The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.

  • Proverbs 19:13 (7)

    A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.

  • 1 Kings 16:31 (6)

    And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter

  • 2 Kings 11:1 (4)

    When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.

  • 1 Kings 21:24–25 (1)

    Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by t