A Wise Woman…

This is our home as it was being built about 3 years ago. 🙂

Today’s wisdom comes from Proverbs 14:1.

“A Wise woman builds her house,
But the foolish pulls it down with her hands.”

I use The Woman’s Study Bible, which was edited by Dorothy Patterson and Rhonda Kelley.  I love their side notes in the margins.  I will use what Rhonda Kelley wrote to explain this verse.

A wise woman builds.  The fact that this woman is called “wise” indicates that she fears and reverences the Lord.  She conscientiously builds her house, making her entire household thrive, because she has learned that wisdom brings the happiness and prosperity she desires for her family.    The wise woman cares for her home, causing it to flourish and become a haven to those who live there.  She builds her home by making wise choices in her relationships with her husband and children.  She works on her marriage, knowing that intimacy does not happen naturally but must be developed.   All building takes time, picturing brick set on brick until a sturdy safe home is constructed.  In contrast, the foolish woman does not build.  She tears down both her possessions and her relationships.  She destroys by her own efforts, with her hands, her tongue, her idleness, and her lack of interest. – Rhonda Kelley