Proverbs 19:14 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁴House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

Proverbs 19:14 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 3:6
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
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.
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.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 14)

Note, 1. A discreet and virtuous wife is a choice gift of God’s providence to a man—a wife that is prudent, in opposition to one that is contentious, Prov. 18:13. For, though a wife that is continually finding fault may think it is her wit and wisdom to be so, it is really her folly; a prudent wife is meek and quiet, and makes the best of every thing. If a man has such a wife, let him not ascribe…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 14)

14. A contrast of men’s gifts and God’s, who, though author of both blessings, confers the latter by His more special providence. and--or, “but,” implying that the evils of Pr 19:13 are only avoided by His care.