💡WEB · Proverbs 14:1
What does Proverbs 14:1 mean?
"Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands."
— Proverbs 14:1 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.
The fool’s talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
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