Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 1. Every wise woman buildeth her house ] By her prudent and industrious management she increases property in the family, furniture in the house, and food and raiment for her household. This is the true building of a house. The thriftless wife acts differently, and the opposite is the result. Household furniture, far from being increased, is dilapidated; and her household are ill-fed, ill-clothed, and worse educated.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1 - A woman who has no fear of God, who is wilful and wasteful, an indulges her ease, will as certainly ruin her family, as if she plucke her house down.
Original Hebrew חכמות2454 נשׁים802 בנתה1129 ביתה1004 ואולת200 בידיה3027 תהרסנו׃2040
