Proverbs 19:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Proverbs 19:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 19. A shrewd turn of sarcasm in Proverbs 19:3 suggests the attitude of practical wisdom towards that questioning of the moral government of the world which we find in Job. Proverbs 1...
Proverbs 19:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

a prudent wife. See Proverbs 18:22 .
Proverbs 19:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD. A prudent wife is from the Lord - One who has a good understanding, אשה משכלת ishshah mascaleth; who avoids c...
Proverbs 19:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD. House and riches (are) the inheritance of fathers - i:e., are to be obtained by inheritance from them. Th...
Proverbs 19:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Fool ] read, 'rich' ( Proverbs 28:6 ).
Proverbs 19:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 20 HUMAN FREEDOM "The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against the Lord."- Proverbs 19:3 THERE is such a valuable expansion and commentary on this proverb...
Proverbs 19:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 19:7 . This is the only case in this first collection of proverbs in which we find three clauses. It is certainly most likely that the third clause is incomplete. Something has been l...
Proverbs 19:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD. Slothfulness...
Proverbs 19:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Proverbs 19:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

House and riches [are] the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife [is] from the LORD. Ver. 14. House and riches are the inheritance of the fathers. ] Viz., More immediately. God gives them to...
Proverbs 19:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers , &c. Parents may bestow on their children houses, and lands, and riches; but a prudent wife is from the Lord Is vouchsafed to a man by the sing...
Proverbs 19:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the L ORD . Note, 1. A discreet and virtuous wife is a choice gift of God's providence to a man--a...
Proverbs 19:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Is vouchsafed to a man by the singular providence of God, who is the only searcher and ruler of hearts, exactly discerning who are prudent or pious, in which even wise men's judgments are commonly mi...
Proverbs 19:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 19:13 . Calamity . The word so translated is in the plural form, so as to express the continuance of the trouble. MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 19:13-14 ; Proverbs 19:...
Proverbs 19:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 19:1 . Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, in simplicity and honesty of heart, than a fool whose tongue is perverse, and whose body is swoln with corpulency. The contrast of...
Proverbs 19:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

And a prudent wife is from the Lord. Divine direction needed in the choice of a wife In the choice of a wife, first of all seek Divine direction. About thirty-five years ago, when Martin Farquh...
Proverbs 19:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 19:1 Better is the poor that walkth in his integrity. The word for "poor" is, here and in Proverbs 19:7 , Proverbs 19:22 , rash, which signifies "poor" in oppositi...
Proverbs 19:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 14. House and riches are the inheritance of fathers, it is possible to get into possession of them by the fact of one's being an heir; and a prudent wife is from the Lord, a special gift of Hi...
Proverbs 19:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 12:14 ; Deuteronomy 21:16 ; Genesis 24:7 ; Genesis 28:1-4 ; James 1:17 ; Joshua 11:23 ; Proverbs 13:22 ; Proverbs 18:22 ; Proverbs 3:6 ; Proverbs 31:10-31

Proverbs 19:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 19:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 19:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 19:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 19:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 19:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 19:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 19:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 19:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 19:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 19:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 19:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 19:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 19:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 19:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 19:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 19:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 19:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 19:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge