Proverbs 14:1 Cross References - Leeser

¹ The wise among women buildeth her house; but the foolish pulleth it down with her own hands.

¹¹ And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord grant that the woman that is coming into thy house be like Rachel and like Leah, who did both build up the house of Israel: and acquire thou wealth in Ephrathah, and let thy name become famous in Beth-lechem;

³¹ And it came to pass, as if it had been too light a thing for him to walk in the sins of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, that he took for wife Izebel the daughter of Ethba’al the king of the Zidonians, and went and served Ba’al, and worshipped him.

²⁴ Him that dieth of Achab in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the heavens eat. ²⁵ But indeed there was none like unto Achab, who sold himself to do what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, to which Izebel his wife incited him.

¹ And when ‘Athalyah the mother of Achazyahu saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

¹³ The woman of folly is noisy: she is simple, and knoweth not what to do. ¹⁴ And she sitteth at the door of her house, upon a chair in the high places of the town. ¹⁵ To call the wayfarers who go straight forward on their paths.

¹³ A calamity unto his father is a foolish son; and a continual dropping are the quarrels of a wife.

⁹ It is better to dwell in a corner of a roof, than with a quarrelsome woman in a roomy house.

¹⁹ It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a quarrelsome and vexatious woman.

³ Through wisdom is a house built; and through understanding is it firmly established; ⁴ And through knowledge are chambers filled with all manner of precious and pleasant wealth.

¹⁰ Who can find a virtuous woman: for far above pearls is her value. ¹¹ The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, and he will not see his gain diminish. ¹² She treateth him well and not ill, all the days of her life. ¹³ She seeketh for wool and flax, and worketh with her willing hands. ¹⁴ She is become like the merchant’s ships: from afar doth she bring her food. ¹⁵ And she riseth while it is yet night, and giveth provision to her household, and a task to her maidens. ¹⁶ She thinketh of a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. ¹⁷ She girdeth with strength her loins, and giveth vigor to her arms. ¹⁸ She perceiveth that her profit is good: therefore her lamp goeth not out by night. ¹⁹ She stretcheth out her hands to the spindle, and her palms hold fast the distaff. ²⁰ She spreadeth out wide her open palm to the poor: yea, her hands she stretcheth forth to the needy. ²¹ She hath no fear for her household of the snow: for all her household are clothed in scarlet. ²² Tapestry-covering she maketh for herself: of linen and purple is her attire. ²³ Well known is in the gates her husband, when he sitteth with the elders of the land. ²⁴ Fine tunics she maketh, and selleth them, and girdles she furnisheth unto the merchant. ²⁵ Strength and dignity are her clothing: and she smileth at the coming of the last day. ²⁶ She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and the law of kindness is on her tongue. ²⁷ She looketh well to the ways of her household, and the bread of idleness she doth not eat. ²⁸ Her children rise up, and call her blessed; her husband, also, and he praiseth her: ²⁹ “Many daughters have done virtuously; but thou excellest them all.” ³⁰ False is grace, and vain is beauty: a woman only that feareth the Lord shall indeed be praised. ³¹ Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates.