Proverbs 19:14
Houses and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from the LORD.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
In Context
13A foolish son is a calamity to his father, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, And the idle person shall suffer hunger.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:6In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will make thy paths plain.
Proverbs 18:22He that findeth a wife findeth a blessing, And obtaineth favor from the LORD.
Proverbs 31:26She openeth her mouth with wisdom, And kind instruction is upon her tongue.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:14
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. It is an instance of the vanity of the world that we are liable to the greatest grief in those things wherein we promise ourselves the greatest comfort. It is as it proves. What greater temporal comfort can a man have than a good wife and good children? Yet, 1. A foolish son is a great affliction, and may make a man wish a thousand times he had been written childless. A son that will apply himself to no study or… Read the whole commentary →