Proverbs 19:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

House and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 18:22 : 22 Whoever gets a wife gets a good thing, and has the approval of the Lord.
  • Prov 31:10-31 : 10 Who may make discovery of a woman of virtue? For her price is much higher than jewels. 11 The heart of her husband has faith in her, and he will have profit in full measure. 12 She does him good and not evil all the days of her life. 13 She gets wool and linen, working at the business of her hands. 14 She is like the trading-ships, getting food from far away. 15 She gets up while it is still night, and gives meat to her family, and their food to her servant-girls. 16 After looking at a field with care, she gets it for a price, planting a vine-garden with the profit of her work. 17 She puts a band of strength round her, and makes her arms strong. 18 She sees that her marketing is of profit to her: her light does not go out by night. 19 She puts her hands to the cloth-working rod, and her fingers take the wheel. 20 Her hands are stretched out to the poor; yes, she is open-handed to those who are in need. 21 She has no fear of the snow for her family, for all those in her house are clothed in red. 22 She makes for herself cushions of needlework; her clothing is fair linen and purple. 23 Her husband is a man of note in the public place, when he takes his seat among the responsible men of the land. 24 She makes linen robes and gets a price for them, and traders take her cloth bands for a price. 25 Strength and self-respect are her clothing; she is facing the future with a smile. 26 Her mouth is open to give out wisdom, and the law of mercy is on her tongue. 27 She gives attention to the ways of her family, she does not take her food without working for it. 28 Her children get up and give her honour, and her husband gives her praise, saying, 29 Unnumbered women have done well, but you are better than all of them. 30 Fair looks are a deceit, and a beautiful form is of no value; but a woman who has the fear of the Lord is to be praised. 31 Give her credit for what her hands have made: let her be praised by her works in the public place.
  • 2 Cor 12:14 : 14 This is now the third time that I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a trouble to you: my desire is for you, not for your property: for it is not the children's business to make store for their fathers, but the fathers for the children.
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.
  • Deut 21:16 : 16 Then when he gives his property to his sons for their heritage, he is not to put the son of his loved one in the place of the first son, the son of the hated wife:
  • Prov 3:6 : 6 In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.
  • Prov 13:22 : 22 The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.
  • Josh 11:23 : 23 So Joshua took all the land, as the Lord had said to Moses; and Joshua gave it to the children of Israel as their heritage, making division of it among them by their tribes. And the land had rest from war.
  • Gen 24:7 : 7 The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and made an oath to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land: he will send his angel before you and give you a wife for my son in that land.
  • Gen 28:1-4 : 1 Then Isaac sent for Jacob, and blessing him, said, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan; 2 But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother. 3 And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples. 4 And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.

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    13 A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

  • Prov 14:1
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    1 Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.

  • Prov 18:22
    78%

    22 Whoever gets a wife gets a good thing, and has the approval of the Lord.

  • Prov 11:16
    74%

    16 A woman who is full of grace is honoured, but a woman hating righteousness is a seat of shame: those hating work will undergo loss, but the strong keep their wealth.

  • Prov 11:29
    73%

    29 The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.

  • Prov 19:15
    73%

    15 Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.

  • Ps 128:3
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    3 Your wife will be like a fertile vine in the inmost parts of your house: your children will be like olive plants round your table.

  • Prov 15:5-6
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    73%

    5 A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

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  • Prov 21:19-20
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    19 It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.

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  • Prov 21:9
    73%

    9 It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.

  • Prov 31:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27 She gives attention to the ways of her family, she does not take her food without working for it.

    28 Her children get up and give her honour, and her husband gives her praise, saying,

  • Prov 17:2
    72%

    2 A servant who does wisely will have rule over a son causing shame, and will have his part in the heritage among brothers.

  • Prov 12:4
    72%

    4 A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband; but she whose behaviour is a cause of shame is like a wasting disease in his bones.

  • Prov 20:21
    72%

    21 A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing.

  • Prov 31:10-11
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    72%

    10 Who may make discovery of a woman of virtue? For her price is much higher than jewels.

    11 The heart of her husband has faith in her, and he will have profit in full measure.

  • Prov 5:18
    72%

    18 Let blessing be on your fountain; have joy in the wife of your early years.

  • Prov 15:20
    71%

    20 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

  • Prov 14:18
    71%

    18 Foolish behaviour is the heritage of the simple, but men of good sense are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 4:6-7
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    71%

    6 Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.

    7 The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

  • Prov 25:24
    71%

    24 It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.

  • Ps 113:9
    71%

    9 He gives the unfertile woman a family, making her a happy mother of children. Give praise to the Lord.

  • Eccl 7:11
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    11 Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

  • Prov 3:16-17
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    16 Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are wealth and honour.

    17 Her ways are ways of delight, and all her goings are peace.

  • Prov 13:22
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    3 A man who is a lover of wisdom is a joy to his father: but he who goes in the company of loose women is a waster of wealth.

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    30 Fair looks are a deceit, and a beautiful form is of no value; but a woman who has the fear of the Lord is to be praised.

    31 Give her credit for what her hands have made: let her be praised by her works in the public place.

  • Prov 17:25
    70%

    25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

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    70%

    23 A hated woman when she is married; and a servant-girl who takes the place of her master's wife.

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    70%

    1 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

  • Prov 14:24
    70%

    24 Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

  • Prov 24:3
    70%

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    3 See, sons are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the body is his reward.

  • Prov 31:23
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  • Prov 3:13
    69%

    13 Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.

  • Prov 10:22
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    22 The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.

  • Prov 4:9
    69%

    9 She will put a crown of grace on your head, giving you a head-dress of glory.

  • Prov 6:26
    69%

    26 For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.

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    69%

    24 The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.

  • Deut 28:30
    69%

    30 You will take a wife, but another man will have the use of her: the house which your hands have made will never be your resting-place: you will make a vine-garden, and never take the fruit of it.

  • Prov 17:21
    69%

    21 He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.