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Proverbs 19:14
14House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Adonai.
Proverbs 19:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Houses and riches are an inheritance from fathers, But a prudent wife is from the Lord.
Context of Proverbs 19:14
12A king’s wrath is like a roaring lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass. 13A foolish son is trouble for his father, and a quarrelsome wife is constant dripping. House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Adonai. 15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will starve. 16One who keeps a mitzvah guards his soul, but one who neglects His ways will die.
Read all of Proverbs 19Proverbs 19:14 word by word
בַּ֣יִת וָ֭הוֹן נַחֲלַ֣ת אָב֑וֹת וּ֝מֵיְהוָ֗ה אִשָּׁ֥ה מַשְׂכָּֽלֶת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 19:14
- Proverbs 18:22Whoever finds a wife finds good, and receives favor from Adonai.
- Deuteronomy 21:16Now on the day he lets his sons inherit what he has, he must not treat the loved one’s son as firstborn, in place of the unloved one’s son, who is the firstborn.
- Joshua 11:23So Joshua captured the whole country, according to all that Adonai had spoken to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.
- 2 Corinthians 12:14Look, I am ready to come to you this third time, and I will not burden you—for I seek not your possessions, but you! For the children are not obliged to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
- Proverbs 3:6In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
- Proverbs 31:10An accomplished woman who can find? Her value is far beyond rubies.
- Genesis 24:7Adonai, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and from my native land and who spoke to me and made a pledge to me saying, ‘To your seed I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you and you will take a wife for my son from there.
- Genesis 28:1So Isaac called for Jacob, blessed him, commanded him and said to him, “Don’t take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.
- James 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
Commentaries on Proverbs 19:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14A prudent wife is from the Lord - One who has a good understanding, משכלת אשה ishshah mascaleth ; who avoids complaining, though she may often have cause for it.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14Verse 14 A discreet and virtuous wife is more valuable than house and riches.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-14No decision is more important for a son than choosing a good wife (compare Proverbs 31:10–31). A poor choice causes pain (compare 10:1; 11:22; 12:4; 21:9, 19; 25:24; 27:15–17). A wise man will seek the Lord's help to find an understanding wife.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. A contrast of men's gifts and God's, who, though author of both blessings, confers the latter by His more special providence. and--or, "but," implying that the evils of Pr 19:13 are only avoided by His care.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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