Proverbs 19:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You may inherit all you own from your parents, but a sensible wife is a gift from the LORD.

Cross References

Genesis 24:44

If she gives me a drink and offers to get some water for my camels, I'll know she is the one you have chosen.”

Genesis 24:7

The LORD who rules heaven brought me here from the land where I was born and promised that he would give this land to my descendants for ever. When you go back there, the LORD will send his angel ahead of you to help you find a wife for my son.

Proverbs 13:22

If you obey God, you will have something to leave your grandchildren. If you don't obey God, those who live right will get what you leave.

Proverbs 18:22

A man's greatest treasure is his wife— she is a gift from the LORD.

Proverbs 3:6

Always let him lead you, and he will clear the road for you to follow.

2 Corinthians 12:14

I am planning to visit you for the third time. But I still won't make a burden of myself. What I really want is you, and not what you have. Children are not supposed to save up for their parents, but parents are supposed to take care of their children.

James 1:17

Every good and perfect gift comes down from the Father who created all the lights in the heavens. He is always the same and never makes dark shadows by changing.

Joshua 11:23

That's how Joshua captured the land, just as the LORD had commanded Moses, and Joshua divided it up among the tribes. Finally, there was peace in the land.