and who will say to me, “Drink, and I will draw for your camels also”—let her be the woman whom the Lord has appointed for my master’s son.’
Proverbs 19:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 House and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: And a prudent wife is from the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition House and riches are the inheritance from fathers, but a wise, understanding, and prudent wife is from the Lord. [Prov. 18:22.] American Standard Version (1901) House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah. Common English Bible House and riches are an inheritance from one’s ancestors, but an insightful wife is from the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version A house and its riches are given by parents. But a prudent wife is particularly from the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version House and riches are given by parents: but a prudent wife is properly from the Lord. |
and who will say to me, “Drink, and I will draw for your camels also”—let her be the woman whom the Lord has appointed for my master’s son.’
The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and from the land of my birth and who spoke to me and swore to me, ‘To your offspring I will give this land,’ he will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.
The good leave an inheritance to their children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.
Here I am, ready to come to you this third time, and I will not be a burden because I do not want what is yours but you, for children ought not to save up for their parents but parents for their children.
then on the day when he wills his possessions to his sons, he is not permitted to treat the son of the loved as the firstborn in preference to the son of the disliked, who is the firstborn.
Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord had spoken to Moses, and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal allotments. And the land had rest from war.
Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife was Abigail. The woman was clever and beautiful, but the man was surly and mean; he was a Calebite.