141 A wise woman builds her home, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.

2 Those who follow the right path fear the Lord ; those who take the wrong path despise him.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 14:1-2

Commentary on Proverbs 14:1

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A woman who has no fear of God, who is wilful and wasteful, and indulges her ease, will as certainly ruin her family, as if she plucked her house down.

Commentary on Proverbs 14:2

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Here are grace and sin in their true colours. Those that despise God's precepts and promises, despise God and all his power and mercy.