Proverbs 19:14
House and riches are the inheritance of the fathers: but a prudent wife commeth of the Lord.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
In Context
15Slouthfulnes causeth to fall asleepe, and a deceitfull person shall be affamished.
Cross References
Genesis 24:7The Lord God of heauen, who tooke me from my fathers house, and from the land where I was borne, and that spake vnto me, and that sware vnto me, saying, Vnto thy seede wil I giue this land, he shall send his Angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife vnto my sonne from thence.
Genesis 28:1Then Izhak called Iaakob and blessed him, and charged him, and sayde vnto him, Take not a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
Joshua 11:23So Ioshua tooke the whole land, according to all that the Lord had saide vnto Moses: and Ioshua gaue it for an inheritance vnto Israel according to their portion through their tribes: then the land was at rest without warre.
Proverbs 3:6In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy wayes.
Proverbs 18:22He that findeth a wife, findeth a good thing, and receiueth fauour of the Lord.
Proverbs 31:26She openeth her mouth with wisdome, and the lawe of grace is in 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 →