Proverbs 19 · Verse 14

Proverbs 19:14

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.
Proverbs 19:14, King James Version

Proverbs 19:14 in other translations

BSBHouses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
WEBHouse and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
ASVHouse and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
YLTHouse and wealth are the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah is an understanding wife.
DARBYHouse and wealth are an inheritance from fathers; but a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
BBEHouse and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.
WebsterHouse and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

What does Proverbs 19:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 A prudent wife is from the Lord - One who has a good understanding, אשה משכלת ishshah mascaleth; who avoids complaining, though she may often have cause for it.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
A discreet and virtuous wife is more valuable than house and riches.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 19:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בַּ֣יִתBa.yithouseH1004
וָ֭הוֹןVa.honand wealthH1952
נַחֲלַ֣תna.cha.Lat[are] an inheritance ofH5159
אָב֑וֹת'a.VotfathersH1
וּ֝מֵיְהוָ֗הvu.me.Yah.wehand [is] from YahwehH3068
אִשָּׁ֥ה'i.Shaha wifeH802
מַשְׂכָּֽלֶת\׃mas.Ka.letprudentH7919

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 19:14

  • Proverbs 18:22

    Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

  • Proverbs 31:10-31

    Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. …

  • Proverbs 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.

  • Proverbs 3:6

    In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

  • James 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.

  • 2 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.

  • Genesis 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. Arise, go to Padan–aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother. And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.

  • Deuteronomy 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:

  • Joshua 11:23

    So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.

  • Genesis 24:7

    The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the inheritance.
13:22; De 21:16; Jos 11:23; 2Co 12:14
and a.
3:6; 18:22; 31:10-31; Ge 24:7; 28:1-4; Jas 1:17

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Context

  • Proverbs 19:13

    A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

  • Proverbs 19:14

    House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.

  • Proverbs 19:15

    Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Read all of Proverbs 19

Proverbs 19:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
La casa y las riquezas herencia son de los padres: mas de Jehová la mujer prudente.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Maison et richesse sont l’héritage des pères, mais une femme sage vient de l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Haus und Gut sind ein Erbteil der Väter, aber eine einsichtsvolle Frau kommt von Jehova.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Domus et divitiæ dantur a parentibus; a Domino autem proprie uxor prudens.