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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 a house built, 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. Jehovah make the woman that cometh into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel; and acquire power in Ephratah, and make thyself a name in Bethlehem; (Ruth 4:11)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 24:3‑4• 3Through wisdom is a house built, and by understanding it is established;
 4and by knowledge are the chambers filled with all precious and pleasant substance. (Prov. 24:3‑4)
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Prov. 31:10‑31• 10Who can find a woman of worth? for her price is far above rubies.
 11The heart of her husband confideth in her, and he shall have no lack of spoil.
 12She doeth 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;
 15And she riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and the day's work to her maidens.
 16She considereth a field, and acquireth it; of the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
 17She girdeth her loins with strength, and maketh strong her arms.
 18She perceiveth that her earning is good; her lamp goeth not out by night.
 19She putteth her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.
 20She stretcheth out her hand to the afflicted, and 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 coverlets; her clothing is byssus and purple.
 23Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
 24She maketh body linen and selleth it, and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
 25Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laugheth at the coming day.
 26She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and upon her tongue is the law of kindness.
 27She surveyeth the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
 28Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her:
 29Many daughters have done worthily, but thou excellest them all.
 30Gracefulness is deceitful and beauty is vain; a woman that feareth Jehovah, 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. Jehovah make the woman that cometh into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel; and acquire power in Ephratah, and make thyself a name in Bethlehem; (Ruth 4:11)
the foolish.
Prov. 9:13‑15• 13The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing.
 14And she sitteth at the entry of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
 15to call passers-by 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 contentious woman, and a house in common.
 19It is better to dwell in a desert land. than with a contentious and irritable woman. (Prov. 21:9,19)
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1 Kings 16:31• 31And it came to pass, as if it was a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians; and he 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 shall the dogs eat, and him that dieth in the field shall the fowl of the heavens eat.
 25(Surely there was none like to Ahab, who did sell himself to do evil in the sight of Jehovah, Jezebel his wife urging him on. (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 rose up and destroyed all the royal seed. (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.