Proverbs 19:14
House and substance, are an inheritance from one’s fathers, but, from Yahweh, cometh a wife who is prudent.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
In Context
15Sloth, falleth into a deep sleep, and, a soul that is indolent, shall famish.
Cross References
Genesis 24:7Yahweh, God of the heavens, and God of the earth, who took me out of the house of my father, and out of the land of my kindred, and, who spake to me, and who sware to me, saying, To thy seed, will I give this land, he, will send his messenger before thee, so shalt thou take a wife for my son from thence.
Genesis 28:1Then Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him,—and commanded him and said to him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
Joshua 11:23So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh had spoken unto Moses, and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel, according to their portions by their tribes,—and, the land, had rest from war.
Proverbs 3:6In all thy ways, acknowledge him, and, he, will make straight thy paths.
Proverbs 18:22Who hath found a wife, hath found a blessing, and hath obtained favour from Yahweh.
Proverbs 31:26Her mouth, she openeth with wisdom, and, the instruction of kindness, is on 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 →