Proverbs 19:14
House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, 2 but a prudent wife is from Adonai. 1
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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 the calamity of his father. 2 A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping. 1
15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. 2 The idle soul shall suffer hunger. 1
Cross References
Genesis 24:7Adonai, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, ‘I will give this land to your offspring. + 24:7. Quoted in Acts 7:5 He will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.
Genesis 28:1Isaac [Laughter] called Jacob [Supplanter], blessed him, and enjoined him, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan [Humbled].
Proverbs 3:6In all your ways acknowledge him, 2 and he will make your paths straight. 1
Proverbs 18:22Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, 2 and obtains favor of Adonai. 1
Proverbs 31:26פּ (Mouth) She opens her mouth with wisdom. 2 Instructions of chesed ·loving-kindness· is on her tongue. 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 →