Matthew Henry · Verse 1
A woman who has no fear of God, who is wilful and wasteful, and indulges her ease, will as certainly ruin her family, as if she plucked her house down.
Proverbs 14:1
Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
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WEBBE
Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
BSB
Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
KJV
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
ASV
Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.
BBE
Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.
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