Posted on 01/13/2022 10:28:03 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress
“Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands” (Proverbs 14:1 KJV).
Evil and good is contrasted in the Proverbs. Since Proverbs 10 it has been setting two things alongside—making contrast—that is what a proverb is.
“Every wise woman buildeth her house.” A wise woman uses her hands to build her house—hands of care, hands of compassion, hands of concern—doing good works, good deeds. When we get to Proverbs 31 we will study more about the virtuous woman, or the good woman. Of course, the Bible says, “Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain” (Ps 127:1). So, obviously, the wise woman builds her house upon the Lord.
“Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock” (Mat 7:24-25 KJV).
If you build your house on the rock (the rock speaks of Jesus), then when the storms of life assail your house and your character, it’ll stand, while He goes on to say, “And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it” (Mat 7:26-27 KJV).
We are seeing in America the fall of household, after household, after household—simply because they are built worldly psychology, worldly thoughts and opinions—and they will not stand, can not stand the test of time. When troubles come, there is no basis on which to defend against the storms of life. As a result, the house falls in ruin.
Of course, our bodies are a house. Many try to build them on worldly things, and the junk of this world, and the husks of this world, and those houses will fall on disrepair. One day that house will fall into a grave with no assurance of salvation, and no assurance of reward. Yes, even Christians, the Bible tells us, will “suffer loss.”
“Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.” She does that by evil works. In verse 11 we read, “The house of the wicked shall be overthrown.” That’s just the promise. You get the same thing in the contrast between the good man and the bad man in Psalm 1:1-6. A good woman does that also. She spends time in the Word of God, spends time with the children—teaching them the Bible and telling them Bible stories. The foolish woman is out there working trying to make extra money to buy curtains and meaningless knick-knacks, while her children are being raised by someone else. That’s just foolish!
In general, a woman ought to be a home, taking care of the home, be a keeper at home, and a keeper of the home, and she’ll build a house. There will be a house there, and a home there, and not just a structure. Thank God for those mothers that wait until her children are grown up before she seeks to work outside the home.
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