Proverbs 19:14
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Houses and riches are the inheritance of fathers,.... Which they are careful to provide and leave to their children. This they may and often do, build or purchase houses, and procure great riches, and…
Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Matthew Henry
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, Pro 19:13. For, though a wife that is…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
the inheritance of Rather, an inheritance from (R.V.); i.e. derived from.
And Rather, But.
οἶκον καὶ ὕπαρξιν μερίζουσι πατέρες παισὶ, παρὰ δὲ κυρίου ἁρμόζεται γυνὴ ἀνδρί, LXX. Domus et divitiæ dantur…
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