ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Tokonaki Novema 13, 2021 

The wisest of women builds her house

KO E poto ha fefine ‘oku kau ke ma‘uma‘uluta ai hono fale 

Palovepi 14 (Proverbs 14)

(v. 1) KO E poto ha fefine ‘oku kau ke ma‘uma‘uluta ai hono fale: Ka ko ‘ene vale ‘oku hangē ko ‘ene ala ki ai ke hae.

(v. 1) The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.

 

*Commentary: David Guzik – Study Guide on the Book of Proverbs*

Wisdom builds. It looks at what is and wisely considers how to make it better. Many homes have been made by a godly, wise woman who looks after the home and builds it.

“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.” (Clarke)

The foolish pulls it down: Folly tears down. Instead of supporting and building what is, folly shows its destructive nature. The woman of a home has tremendous power to make it a better or worse place.

With her hands: “As the husband is as the head from whom all the sinews do flow, so she is as the hands into which they flow, and enable them to do their office.” (Trapp)

“Note the foolish woman—her idleness, waste, love of pleasure, lack of all forethought and care…We see her house torn down in confusion. It would have been a sad result if this had been done by an enemy. But it is the doing, or rather undoing, of her own hands.” (Bridges)