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Proverbs 14

Prov. 14:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Every wise
chokmowth (Hebrew #2454)
collateral forms of 2451; wisdom
KJV usage: wisdom, every wise (woman).
Pronounce: khok-moth'
Origin: or chakmowth {khak-moth'}
woman
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
buildeth
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
v her house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
: but the foolish
'ivveleth (Hebrew #200)
silliness
KJV usage: folly, foolishly(-ness).
Pronounce: iv-veh'-leth
Origin: from the same as 191
plucketh it down
harac (Hebrew #2040)
to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy
KJV usage: beat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, X utterly.
Pronounce: haw-ras'
Origin: a primitive root
with her hands
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
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Prov. 24:3• 3Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: (Prov. 24:3)
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Ruth 4:11• 11And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem: (Ruth 4:11)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 24:3‑4• 3Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
 4And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. (Prov. 24:3‑4)
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Prov. 31:10‑31• 10Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
 11The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
 12She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
 13She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
 14She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
 15She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
 16She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
 17She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
 18She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
 19She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
 20She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
 21She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
 22She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
 23Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
 24She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
 25Strength and honor are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
 26She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
 27She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
 28Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
 29Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
 30Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
 31Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates. (Prov. 31:10‑31)
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Ruth 4:11• 11And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem: (Ruth 4:11)
the foolish.
Prov. 9:13‑15• 13A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
 14For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
 15To call passengers who go right on their ways: (Prov. 9:13‑15)
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Prov. 19:13• 13A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. (Prov. 19:13)
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Prov. 21:9,19• 9It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
 19It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. (Prov. 21:9,19)
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1 Kings 16:31• 31And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. (1 Kings 16:31)
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1 Kings 21:24‑25• 24Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.
 25But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up. (1 Kings 21:24‑25)
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2 Kings 11:1• 1And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. (2 Kings 11:1)
• Contrast the mothers of Moses and of Ahaziah (Ex. 2; 2 Chron. 22:2, 3). (“Proverbs Fourteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The wisdom of women buildeth their house; but folly plucketh it down with her hands.