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Proverbs 14:1

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

KJV

Sapiens mulier ædificat domum suam ; insipiens exstructam quoque manibus destruet.

Vulgate

σοφαὶ γυναῖκες ᾠκοδόμησαν οἴκους, ἡ δὲ ἄφρων κατέσκαψεν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῆς.

LXX

Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.

ASV

חַכְמ֣וֹת נָ֭שִׁים בָּנְתָ֣ה בֵיתָ֑/הּ וְ֝/אִוֶּ֗לֶת בְּ/יָדֶ֥י/הָ תֶהֶרְסֶֽ/נּוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִוֶּֽלֶת
'vlt
noun · 25×
בְנ֣וֹת
bnvt
verb · 365×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
חָ֭כְמוֹת
chkmvt
noun · 5×
נֶהֶרְס֖וּ
nhrsv
verb · 43×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 16:31 — And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and
  • 1Sam 25:3 — Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he
  • 1Tim 5:14 — I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
  • 2Kgs 11:1 — And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
  • Eccl 10:18 — By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
  • Exod 35:25 — And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.
  • Matt 7:26 — And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
  • Prov 9:13 — A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
  • Prov 12:4 — A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
  • Prov 19:13 — A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
  • Prov 21:9 — It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
  • Prov 21:19 — It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
  • Prov 24:3 — Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
  • Prov 24:3 — Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
  • Prov 31:10 — Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
  • Prov 31:27 — She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
  • Ruth 4:11 — And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Isra
  • Ruth 4:11 — And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Isra