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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Proverbs 14:1 Catholic Bible: Homes are made by the wisdom of women, but are destroyed by foolishness. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/proverbs/14-1.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/proverbs/14-1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/proverbs/14-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/proverbs/1.htm">Proverbs</a> > <a href="/gntd/proverbs/14.htm">Chapter 14</a> > Verse 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/13-25.htm" title="Proverbs 13:25">◄</a> Proverbs 14:1 <a href="../proverbs/14-2.htm" title="Proverbs 14:2">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/proverbs/14.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/proverbs/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Homes are made by the wisdom of women, but are destroyed by foolishness. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her own hands.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/proverbs/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />A woman's family is held together by her wisdom, but it can be destroyed by her foolishness. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Wisdom builds her house, but Folly tears hers down with her own hands. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/proverbs/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />A wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish will pull down with her hands that also which is built.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">A wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish will pull down with her hands that also which is built.</p><p class="hdg">the foolish</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../proverbs/9-13.htm">Proverbs 9:13-15</a> Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the city, . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../proverbs/19-13.htm">Proverbs 19:13</a> A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../proverbs/21-9.htm">Proverbs 21:9,19</a> It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a common house. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_kings/16-31.htm">1 Kings 16:31</a> Nor was it enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat: but he also took to wife Jezabel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians. And he went, and served Baal, and adored him.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_kings/21-24.htm">1 Kings 21:24,25</a> If Achab die in the city, the dogs shall eat him: but if he die in the field, the birds of the air shall eat him. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_kings/11-1.htm">2 Kings 11:1</a> Now Athalia, the mother of Ochozias, seeing that her son was dead, arose and slew all the royal seed.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/proverbs/14.htm">The Wise Woman</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl">A wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish will pull down with her hands that also which is built.</span><span class="reftext">2</span>He that walketh in the right way, and feareth God, is despised by him that goeth by an infamous way.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../ruth/4-11.htm">Ruth 4:11</a></span><br />Then all the people that were in the gate, and the ancients, answered: We are witnesses: The Lord make this woman who cometh into thy house, like Rachel, and Lia, who built up the house of Israel: that she may be an example of virtue in Ephrata, and may have a famous name in Bethlehem:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../proverbs/24-3.htm">Proverbs 24:3</a></span><br />By wisdom the house shall be built, and by prudence it shall be strengthened.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../proverbs/31-10.htm">Proverbs 31:10</a></span><br />Who shall find a valiant woman? far, and from the uttermost coasts is the price of her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/141-7.htm">Breaketh</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-1.htm">Builded</a> <a href="/psalms/147-2.htm">Buildeth</a> <a href="/psalms/147-2.htm">Building</a> <a href="/psalms/147-2.htm">Builds</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-16.htm">Folly</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-20.htm">Foolish</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-11.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/job/39-16.htm">Hers</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-7.htm">House</a> <a href="/proverbs/15-25.htm">Plucketh</a> <a href="/psalms/74-7.htm">Pulling</a> <a href="/psalms/126-5.htm">Tears</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-10.htm">Wisdom</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-20.htm">Wise</a> <a href="/psalms/68-12.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/25-15.htm">Breaketh</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-3.htm">Builded</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-13.htm">Buildeth</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-3.htm">Building</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-19.htm">Builds</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-8.htm">Folly</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-3.htm">Foolish</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-3.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-11.htm">Hers</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-9.htm">House</a> <a href="/proverbs/15-25.htm">Plucketh</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-3.htm">Pulling</a> <a href="/proverbs/15-25.htm">Tears</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-6.htm">Wisdom</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-3.htm">Wise</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-14.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/14-1.htm">Proverbs 14:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/14-1.htm">Proverbs 14:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/14-1.htm">Proverbs 14:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/14-1.htm">Proverbs 14:1 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/14-1.htm">Proverbs 14:1 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/14-1.htm">Proverbs 14:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/14-1.htm">Proverbs 14:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/14-1.htm">Proverbs 14:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/proverbs/14-1.htm">Proverbs 14:1 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: builds but down foolish hands her hers house it one own tears The wise with woman<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/proverbs/14-1.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 14:1 Every wise woman builds her house (Prov. 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