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


In Context

11 A man's wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense.

12 A king's rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

13 A foolish son is his father's ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.

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

15 Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless man goes hungry.

16 He who obeys instructions guards his life, but he who is contemptuous of his ways will 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:14House and riches are given by parents: but a prudent wife is properly 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.