Proverbs 19:14

In 11 translations

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 Yahweh.

ASV

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

LSV

House and wealth [are] the inheritance of fathers, || And an understanding wife [is] from YHWH.

YLT

House and wealth [are] the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah [is] an understanding wife.

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

House and riches are the inheritance of the fathers: but a prudent wife commeth of the Lord.

JPS

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers; but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

LXXE

Fathers divide house and substance to their children: but a wife is suited to a man by the Lord.

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WLC

בַּ֣יִת וָ֭הוֹן נַחֲלַ֣ת אָב֑וֹת וּ֝מֵיְהוָ֗ה אִשָּׁ֥ה מַשְׂכָּֽלֶת׃

LXX-Br

Οἶκον καὶ ὕπαρξιν μερίζουσι πατέρες παισὶ, παρὰ δὲ Κυρίου ἁρμόζεται γυνὴ ἀνδρί.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 18:22He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
• Proverbs 31:10–31A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value. She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life. She…
• Proverbs 13:22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
• Proverbs 3:6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
• James 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
• Genesis 28:1–4So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded. “Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters…
• 2 Corinthians 12:14See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
• Deuteronomy 21:16when that man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not appoint the son of the beloved wife as the firstborn over the son of the unloved wife.
• Joshua 11:23So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.
• Genesis 24:7The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so…

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