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.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 14:1-2
Commentary on Proverbs 14:1
(Read Proverbs 14:1)
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
(Read Proverbs 14:2)
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.