Proverbs 14:1
Contrast the Upright and the Wicked
1 The awise woman builds her house,
But the foolish tears it down with her own hands.
Proverbs 14:1 — The New International Version (NIV)
1 The wise woman builds her house,
but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.
Proverbs 14:1 — English Standard Version (ESV)
1 The wisest of women builds her house,
but folly with her own hands tears it down.
Proverbs 14:1 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
1 Every wise woman buildeth her house:
But the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
Proverbs 14:1 — New Living Translation (NLT)
1 A wise woman builds her home,
but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.
Proverbs 14:1 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
1 The wise woman builds her house,
But the foolish pulls it down with her hands.
Proverbs 14:1 — New Century Version (NCV)
1 A wise woman strengthens her family,
but a foolish woman destroys hers by what she does.
Proverbs 14:1 — American Standard Version (ASV)
1 Every wise woman buildeth her house;
But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.
Proverbs 14:1 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
1 The wisdom of women buildeth their house; but folly plucketh it down with her hands.
Proverbs 14:1 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
1 The wisest of women builds up her home,
but a stupid one tears it down with her own hands.
Proverbs 14:1 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
1 Every wise woman builds her house,
but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
Proverbs 14:1 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
1 The wise woman builds her house,
but the foolish tears it down with her own hands.
Proverbs 14:1 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
1 The wisest of women builds her house,
but the foolish tears it down with her hands.
Proverbs 14:1 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
1 A wise woman builds her house.
But a foolish woman tears hers down with her own hands.