Proverbs 14:1 reads “The wise woman builds her house, but the fool pulls it down with her hands.”
This text could mean two different (yet similar) things. I read it to mean that you reap what you sow, or that you truly do make your own bed in life.
King Solomon frequently writes about two kinds of people in life: the wise and the foolish. So for each of us, we have a proverbial “house.” We are either building it up (making it better) or tearing it down (making it worse). I have known several people in life (including me) who are or have been in a bad situation. Sometimes people are simply victims of circumstance. Most times, people are victims of their own actions. Bad things do happen to good people. But if you’ve ever known someone whom trouble follows; I’d bet that trouble isn’t following them, trouble is created by them.
So for the rest of the day, with each action I take I will ask myself, “am I building or tearing down my house?”
Tags: Bible, Christianity, Proverbs, Word of God
