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


In Context

11 The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

12 The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.

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

15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

16 He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways 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 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 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.