Proverbs 14:1

Every wise woman builds up her household, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

Ruth 4:11

Then all of the assembled people, including the elders who were there, said, "We are witnesses! May the LORD make this woman who enters your house like Rachel and Leah, who together established the house of Israel. May you prosper in Ephrathah, and may you excel in Bethlehem!

Proverbs 31:10-31

Who can find a capable wife? Her value far exceeds the finest jewels.

1 Kings 16:31

In fact, as if it were nothing for him to live like Nebat's son Jeroboam, Ahab married Jezebel, the daughter of King Ethbaal of Sidon. Then he went out to serve Baal and worship him.

1 Kings 21:24-25

Dogs will eat whoever belongs to Ahab and who dies in the city. The birds of the sky will eat whoever dies in the fields.'"

2 Kings 11:1

As soon as Ahaziah's mother Athaliah learned that her son had died, she seized the throne and executed the entire royal bloodline.

Proverbs 9:13-15

The foolish woman is loud, undisciplined, and without knowledge.

Proverbs 19:13

A father's ruin is a foolish son, and a wife's quarreling is like dripping water that never stops.

Proverbs 21:9

It's better to live in a corner on the roof than to share a house with a contentious woman.

Proverbs 21:19

It's better to live in the wilderness than to live with a contentious and irritable woman.

Proverbs 24:3-4

By wisdom a house is built; it is made secure through understanding.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Wise

Proverbs 24:3
By wisdom a house is built; it is made secure through understanding.
Proverbs 31:10
Who can find a capable wife? Her value far exceeds the finest jewels.
Ruth 4:11
Then all of the assembled people, including the elders who were there, said, "We are witnesses! May the LORD make this woman who enters your house like Rachel and Leah, who together established the house of Israel. May you prosper in Ephrathah, and may you excel in Bethlehem!

The foolish

Proverbs 9:13
The foolish woman is loud, undisciplined, and without knowledge.
Proverbs 19:13
A father's ruin is a foolish son, and a wife's quarreling is like dripping water that never stops.
Proverbs 21:9
It's better to live in a corner on the roof than to share a house with a contentious woman.
1 Kings 16:31
In fact, as if it were nothing for him to live like Nebat's son Jeroboam, Ahab married Jezebel, the daughter of King Ethbaal of Sidon. Then he went out to serve Baal and worship him.
1 Kings 21:24
Dogs will eat whoever belongs to Ahab and who dies in the city. The birds of the sky will eat whoever dies in the fields.'"
2 Kings 11:1
As soon as Ahaziah's mother Athaliah learned that her son had died, she seized the throne and executed the entire royal bloodline.

General references

Exodus 35:25
Every skilled woman spun with her hands, and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, and scarlet material, and fine linen.
Proverbs 31:27
She looks discretely to the affairs of her household, and she is never lazy.
Ecclesiastes 10:18
Through slothfulness the roof deteriorates, and a house leaks because of idleness.

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