Proverbs 19:14
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
KJV
Domus et divitiæ dantur a parentibus ; a Domino autem proprie uxor prudens.
Vulgate
δανίζει θεῷ ὁ ἐλεῶν πτωχόν, κατὰ δὲ τὸ δόμα αὐτοῦ ἀνταποδοθήσεται αὐτῷ.
LXX
House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
ASV
בַּ֣יִת וָ֭/הוֹן נַחֲלַ֣ת אָב֑וֹת וּ֝/מֵ/יְהוָ֗ה אִשָּׁ֥ה מַשְׂכָּֽלֶת
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
ה֣וֹן
hvn
noun · 26×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
וֹ
v
noun · 221×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
מַשְׂכִּ֑יל
mshkyl
verb · 63×
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210223.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
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Cross-references
- 1Cor 7:2 — Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
- 2Cor 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 chil
- 2Cor 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 chil
- Deut 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:
- Eccl 9:9 — Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in th
- Gen 2:22 — And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
- Gen 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 se
- Gen 28:1 — 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.
- Jas 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.
- Josh 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
- Prov 3:6 — In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
- Prov 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.
- Prov 18:22 — Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
- Prov 18:22 — Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
- Prov 31:10 — Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
- Prov 31:10 — Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.