Proverbs 14:1

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Proverbs 14:1


← Proverbs 13:25 Proverbs 14:1 (KJV) Proverbs 14:2 →
The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Every wiseH2454 womanH802 buildethH1129 her houseH1004: but the foolishH200 plucketh it downH2040 with her handsH3027.


Original Hebrew

חַכְמֹות נָשִׁים בָּנְתָה בֵיתָהּ וְאִוֶּלֶת בְּיָדֶיהָ תֶהֶרְסֶנּוּ׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
חַכְמ֣וֹת
chakh.Mot H2454 HAafpc wise (women) of
נָ֭שִׁים
Na.shim H802 HNcfpa women
בָּנְתָ֣ה
ba.ne.Tah H1129 HVqp3fs she builds
בֵיתָ֑/הּ
vei.Ta/h H1004 HNcmsc/Sp3fs house/ her
וְ֝/אִוֶּ֗לֶת
ve./'i.Ve.let H200 HC/Ncfsa and/ a foolish woman
בְּ/יָדֶ֥י/הָ
be./ya.Dei./ha H3027 HR/Ncbdc/Sp3fs with/ hands/ her
תֶהֶרְסֶֽ/נּוּ
te.her.Se./nu H2040 HVqi3fs/Sp3ms she tears down/ it
Strong's References
  • H200 — אִוֶּלֶת (ʼivveleth, iv-veh'-leth): from the same as אֱוִיל (ʼĕvîyl) H191; silliness; folly, foolishly(-ness).
  • H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ (ʼîysh) H376 or אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh) H582; irregular plural, נָשִׁים (nâshîym);(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh) H582); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
  • H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה (bânâh) H1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
  • H1129 — בָּנָה (bânâh, baw-naw'): a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively); (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.
  • H2040 — הָרַס (hâraç, haw-ras'): a primitive root; to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy; beat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, [idiom] utterly.
  • H2454 — חׇכְמוֹת (chokmôwth, khok-moth'): or חַכְמוֹת (chakmôwth); collateral forms of חׇכְמָה (chokmâh) H2451; wisdom; wisdom, every wise (woman).
  • H3027 — יָד (yâd, yawd): a primitive word; a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from כַּף (kaph) H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows); ([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, [idiom] enough, [phrase] fellowship, force, [idiom] from, hand(-staves, -y work), [idiom] he, himself, [idiom] in, labour, [phrase] large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, [idiom] mine, ministry, near, [idiom] of, [idiom] order, ordinance, [idiom] our, parts, pain, power, [idiom] presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, [phrase] swear, terror, [idiom] thee, [idiom] by them, [idiom] themselves, [idiom] thine own, [idiom] thou, through, [idiom] throwing, [phrase] thumb, times, [idiom] to, [idiom] under, [idiom] us, [idiom] wait on, (way-) side, where, [phrase] wide, [idiom] with (him, me, you), work, [phrase] yield, [idiom] yourselves.
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