14House and riches are given by parents: but a prudent wife is properly from the Lord.


In Context

11 The learning of a man is known by patience and his glory is to pass over wrongs.

12 As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger of a king: and his cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass.

13 A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.

14 House and riches are given by parents: but a prudent wife is properly 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 neglecteth his own way, shall die.

Proverbs 19:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:14House and riches [are] the inheritance of fathers and a prudent wife [is] from the LORD.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:14Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord .

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:14House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:14House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers; but a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:14House and riches are an inheritance from fathers: but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:14House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:14House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:14House and wealth are the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah is an understanding wife.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:14House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.