“House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.”
Proverbs 19:14 (KJV) |
Proverbs 19:14
From Proverbs 19, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).
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The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
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 casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.