Holy Scripture
Proverbs 19:14
A church father on this verse
“Thus when a certain wise man saith, "It is by the Lord that a man is matched with a woman," he means this, God made marriage, and not that it is He that joineth together every man that cometh to be with a woman. For we see many that come to be with one another for evil, even by the law of marriage, and this we should…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
14Fathers divide house and substance to their children: But a wife is suited to a man by the Lord.
Modern
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In context
12The threatening of a king is like the roaring of a lion; But as dew on the grass, so is his favor.
13A foolish son is a disgrace to his father: Vows paid out of the hire of a harlot are not pure.
— Proverbs 19:14 —
15Cowardice possesses the effeminate man; And the soul of the sluggard shall hunger.
16He that keeps the commandment keeps his own soul; But he that despises his ways shall perish.