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

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!

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

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.

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.'"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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

Bible References

Wise

By wisdom a house is built; it is made secure through understanding.
Who can find a capable wife? Her value far exceeds the finest jewels.
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

The foolish woman is loud, undisciplined, and without knowledge.
A father's ruin is a foolish son, and a wife's quarreling is like dripping water that never stops.
It's better to live in a corner on the roof than to share a house with a contentious woman.
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.
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.'"
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

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

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