Pro 14:1, 31:26, 30-31 | ESV | STEP | The wisest of women builds her house , but folly with her own hands tears it down .

a[ch. 9:1; 24:3]

b Deut. 25:9; Ruth 4:11

c[ch. 11:11]

d[ch. 11:16]

Proverbs 14:1

1 ^aThe wisest of women ^bbuilds her house,
but folly with her own hands ^ctears it down.

Proverbs 31:26

26 She opens her mouth with wisdom,
and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.

Proverbs 31:30-31

30 ^dCharm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
31 Give her of the fruit of her hands,
and let her works praise her in the gates.