Proverbs 19:14
Good News Translation
A man can inherit a house and money from his parents, but only the LORD can give him a sensible wife.

New Revised Standard Version
House and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

Contemporary English Version
You may inherit all you own from your parents, but a sensible wife is a gift from the LORD.

New American Bible
Home and possessions are an inheritance from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

the inheritance

Proverbs 18:22 He that hath found a good wife, hath found a good thing, and shall receive a pleasure from the Lord. He that driveth away a good wife, driveth away a good thing: but he that keepeth an adulteress, is foolish and wicked.

Deuteronomy 21:16 And he meaneth to divide his substance among his sons: he may not make the son of the beloved the firstborn, and prefer him before the son of the hated.

Joshua 11:23 So Joshua took all the land, as the Lord spoke to Moses, and delivered it in possession to the children of Israel, according to their divisions and tribes. And the land rested from wars.

2 Corinthians 12:14 Behold now the third time I am ready to come to you and I will not be burthensome unto you. For I seek not the things that are yours, but you. For neither ought the children to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

and a

Proverbs 3:6 Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear God, and depart from evil:

Proverbs 18:22 He that hath found a good wife, hath found a good thing, and shall receive a pleasure from the Lord. He that driveth away a good wife, driveth away a good thing: but he that keepeth an adulteress, is foolish and wicked.

Proverbs 31:10 Who shall find a valiant woman? far, and from the uttermost coasts is the price of her.

Genesis 24:7 The Lord God of heaven, who took me out of my father's house, and out of my native country, who spoke to me, and swore to me, saying: To thy seed will I give this land: he will send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take from thence a wife for my son.

Genesis 28:1-4 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, saying: Take not a wife of the stock of Chanaan: . . .

James 1:17 Every best gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change nor shadow of alteration.

Context
The Man of Integrity
13A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through. 14House and riches are given by parents: but a prudent wife is properly from the Lord.15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.…
Cross References
2 Corinthians 12:14
Behold now the third time I am ready to come to you and I will not be burthensome unto you. For I seek not the things that are yours, but you. For neither ought the children to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

Proverbs 18:22
He that hath found a good wife, hath found a good thing, and shall receive a pleasure from the Lord. He that driveth away a good wife, driveth away a good thing: but he that keepeth an adulteress, is foolish and wicked.

Proverbs 31:10
Who shall find a valiant woman? far, and from the uttermost coasts is the price of her.

Proverbs 19:13
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