What does it mean to “build your house?”
Who appears to have the primary responsibility?
If “house” represents people, who are those people?
What builds a house and what is the opposite?
Bringing shame is a way to tear down the home
What appears to be a way the wife can often bring shame upon the husband?
What appears to be a way the wife can often bring shame upon the husband?
Scriptures
Then all the people who were at the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. (Ruth 4:11)
The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down. (Proverbs 14:1)
Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. (1 Peter 3:1-2)
Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. (1 Peter 3:4)
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. (Proverbs 15:4)
Then they can urge the younger women to love (φιλότεκνος) their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God. (Titus 2:4-5)
A worthy wife is a crown for her husband, but a disgraceful woman is like cancer in his bones. (Proverbs 12:4)
An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, But she who shames him is like rottenness in his bones. (NASB)
A virtuous and excellent wife [worthy of honor] is the crown of her husband, But she who shames him [with her foolishness] is like rottenness in his bones. (Amplified)