Proverbs 19:14

We can inherit a house or money from our parents when they die, but only Yahweh can give someone a sensible wife.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

In Context

13Foolish children can cause disasters to happen to their parents. A wife who constantly ◄nags/quarrels with► her husband is as annoying as water that continually drips [MET].

15Those who are lazy sleep soundly, but if they are lazy, they will be hungry because of not earning money to buy food.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:7Yahweh God, who created the heavens, brought me here. He brought me from my father’s household, and from the land where my relatives lived. He spoke to me and made a solemn promise to me, saying, ‘I will give this land of Canaan to your descendants.’ He will send an angel who will go there ahead of you, and enable you to get a wife for my son there and bring her to live here.

Genesis 28:1Then Isaac summoned Jacob, and gave him a blessing. He told him, “Do not marry a woman of the Canaan people-group.

Joshua 11:23Joshua’s army took control of all the land, just as Yahweh long ago had told Moses to do. Yahweh gave the land to the Israelis, because he had promised to give it to them. Then Joshua divided the land among the Israeli tribes. After that, there was ◄peace/no more battles► in the land.

Proverbs 3:6Always allow him to lead you. If you do that, he will ◄show you the right path/direct your life►.

Proverbs 18:22If you marry a good woman, that is like finding a wonderful thing; it shows that Yahweh is pleased with you.

Proverbs 31:26When she speaks, she says what is wise. When she gives instructions, she speaks [MTY] kindly (OR, faithfully).

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 →

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