Proverbs 19:14
Bais and hon (wealth) are the nachalah avot, 1 and a prudent isha (wife) is from Hashem. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 24:7Hashem Elohei HaShomayim, which took me from bais avi, and from the eretz of my moledet, and which spoke unto me, and that swore unto me, saying, Unto thy zera will I give HaAretz Hazot; He shall send His Malach before thee, and thou shalt take an isha unto beni from there.
Genesis 28:1And Yitzchak called for Ya'akov, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take an isha of the Banot Kena'an.
Joshua 11:23So Yehoshua took Kol HaAretz, according to all that Hashem said unto Moshe; and Yehoshua gave it for a nachalah unto Yisroel according to their divisions by their shevatim. And HaAretz rested from milchamah.
Proverbs 3:6In all thy drakhim acknowledge Him, 1 and He shall make yosher thy orkhot (paths). 1
Proverbs 18:22He who findeth an isha (wife) findeth tov, 1 and obtaineth ratzon (favor) from Hashem. 1
Proverbs 31:26She openeth her peh (mouth) with chochmah; 1 and on her lashon is the torat chesed (teaching of kindness). 1
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 →