Proverbs 19:14 · KJV
“House and riches {are} the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife {is} from the LORD.”
— Proverbs 19:14
A foolish son {is} the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife {are} a continual dropping.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs 19 — Context
The king's wrath {is} as the roaring of a lion; but his favour {is} as dew upon the grass.
13A foolish son {is} the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife {are} a continual dropping.
14House and riches {are} the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife {is} from the LORD.
15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
16He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; {but} he that despiseth his ways shall die.
Cross References
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.
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.
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: