Proverbs 14:1-4

English Standard Version

14 ^(A)The wisest of women ^(B)builds her house,
    but folly with her own hands ^(C)tears it down.
² Whoever ^(D)walks in uprightness fears the Lord,
    but he who is ^(E)devious in his ways despises him.
³ By the mouth of a fool comes ^(F)a rod for his back,^{[a]
    (G)}but the lips of the wise will preserve them.
⁴ Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean,
    but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.