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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
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Proverbs 19:14 in other translations
Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
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In context
11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
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