141 The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her own hands.
2 Those who walk uprightly fear the Lord, but one who is devious in conduct despises him.
3 The talk of fools is a rod for their backs, but the lips of the wise preserve them.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 14:1-3
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.
Commentary on Proverbs 14:3
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Pride grows from that root of bitterness which is in the heart. The root must be plucked up, or we cannot conquer this branch. The prudent words of wise men get them out of difficulties.