Cross references

Proverbs 14:1

Every wise woman builds her house,

but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

Proverbs 14:1 BSB

Proverbs 14:1 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 9 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 31:10–31 (52 votes) and Proverbs 24:3–4 (37 votes). 11 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from Exodus 35 to 1 Timothy 5.

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Which verses does Proverbs 14:1 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value. …

  2. By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure.

  3. Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

  4. Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.

  5. Ruth 4:1117 votes

    “We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.

  6. The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing. She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city, …

  7. A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.

  8. And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.

  9. When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.

  10. Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.” (Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.

Which verses point to Proverbs 14:1?

The 10 strongest of 11.