Proverbs 19:14
12 The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
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Compare
- BSB
- Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
- KJV
- House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
- WEB
- House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
- ASV
- House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
- DARBY
- House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers; but a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
- BLB
- A house and wealth [are] the inheritance of fathers, and from YHWH [is] a wife [who] is prudent.
- ÅB
- Hus og gods er en arv fra foreldre, men en forstandig kvinne er en gave fra Herren.
- OTB
- Eiendom og rikdom er arvet fra foreldre, men en klok kone er fra Herren.
- B1930
- Hus og gods er en arv fra foreldre, men en forstandig kvinne er en gave fra Herren.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 18:22
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
Read in contextProverbs 31:10–31
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Read in contextProverbs 13:22
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Read in contextProverbs 3:6
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Read in contextJames 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:14
Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Read in contextGenesis 28:1–4
And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 21:16
Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:
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