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Proverbs 19:14

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House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.

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  1. Proverbs 19:12

    The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

  2. Proverbs 19:13

    A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

  3. Proverbs 19:15

    Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  4. Proverbs 19:16

    He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.