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Proverbs 19

Prov. 19:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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House
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
d and riches
hown (Hebrew #1952)
wealth; by implication, enough
KJV usage: enough, + for nought, riches, substance, wealth.
Pronounce: hone
Origin: from the same as 1951 in the sense of 202
are the inheritance
nachalah (Hebrew #5159)
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
KJV usage: heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare 5158.
Pronounce: nakh-al-aw'
Origin: from 5157 (in its usual sense)
of fathers
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
: and a prudent
sakal (Hebrew #7919)
to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent
KJV usage: consider, expert, instruct, prosper, (deal) prudent(-ly), (give) skill(-ful), have good success, teach, (have, make to) understand(-ing), wisdom, (be, behave self, consider, make) wise(- ly), guide wittingly.
Pronounce: saw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
wife
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
e is from the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
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2 Cor. 12:14• 14Behold, this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be in laziness a charge; for I do not seek yours, but you; for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. (2 Cor. 12:14)
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Prov. 18:22• 22Whoso hath found a wife hath found a good thing, and hath obtained favour from Jehovah. (Prov. 18:22)

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Ministry on This Verse

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the inheritance.
Prov. 13:22• 22A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; but the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous man. (Prov. 13:22)
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Deut. 21:16• 16then it shall be, in the day that he maketh his sons to inherit what he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, who is the firstborn; (Deut. 21:16)
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Josh. 11:23• 23And Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Jehovah had said to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions, by their tribes. And the land rested from war. (Josh. 11:23)
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2 Cor. 12:14• 14Behold, this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be in laziness a charge; for I do not seek yours, but you; for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. (2 Cor. 12:14)
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Prov. 3:6• 6in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will make plain thy paths. (Prov. 3:6)
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Prov. 18:22• 22Whoso hath found a wife hath found a good thing, and hath obtained favour from Jehovah. (Prov. 18:22)
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Prov. 31:10‑31• 10Who can find a woman of worth? for her price is far above rubies.
 11The heart of her husband confideth in her, and he shall have no lack of spoil.
 12She doeth him good, and not evil, all the days of her life.
 13She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
 14She is like the merchants' ships: she bringeth her food from afar;
 15And she riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and the day's work to her maidens.
 16She considereth a field, and acquireth it; of the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
 17She girdeth her loins with strength, and maketh strong her arms.
 18She perceiveth that her earning is good; her lamp goeth not out by night.
 19She putteth her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.
 20She stretcheth out her hand to the afflicted, and she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
 21She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
 22She maketh herself coverlets; her clothing is byssus and purple.
 23Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
 24She maketh body linen and selleth it, and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
 25Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laugheth at the coming day.
 26She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and upon her tongue is the law of kindness.
 27She surveyeth the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
 28Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her:
 29Many daughters have done worthily, but thou excellest them all.
 30Gracefulness is deceitful and beauty is vain; a woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.
 31Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates. (Prov. 31:10‑31)
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Gen. 24:7• 7Jehovah the God of the heavens, who took me out of my father's house, and out of the land of my nativity, and who has spoken to me, and who has sworn to me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land--he will send his angel before thee, that thou mayest take a wife for my son thence. (Gen. 24:7)
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Gen. 28:1‑4• 1And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
 2Arise, go to Padan-Aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father, and take a wife thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
 3And the Almighty *God bless thee, and make thee fruitful and multiply thee, that thou mayest become a company of peoples.
 4And may he give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seed with thee, in order that thou mayest possess the land of thy sojourning, which God gave to Abraham! (Gen. 28:1‑4)
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James 1:17• 17Every good gift and every perfect gift comes down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation nor shadow of turning. (James 1:17)
• See Proverbs 18:22. One may inherit house and wealth, but none can give a prudent wife but the Lord. It is God who joins together, and therefore forbids man to put asunder. He who said at the beginning, “It is not good for man to be alone; I will make him a help meet for him,” is still concerned about His people’s happiness. (“Proverbs Nineteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers; but a prudent wife is from Jehovah.