Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 18:22
22A man who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.
Proverbs 18:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He who finds a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor from the Lord.
Context of Proverbs 18:22
20From the fruit of a person’s mouth his stomach is satisfied; he is filled with the product of his lips. 21Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit. A man who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord. 23The poor person pleads, but the rich one answers roughly. 24One with many friends may be harmed, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
Read all of Proverbs 18Proverbs 18:22 word by word
מָצָ֣א אִ֭שָּׁה מָ֣צָא ט֑וֹב וַיָּ֥פֶק רָ֝צ֗וֹן מֵיְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 18:22
- Proverbs 5:15Drink water from your own cistern, water flowing from your own well.
- Proverbs 12:4A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a wife who causes shame is like rottenness in his bones.
- Proverbs 19:14A house and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
- Proverbs 31:10Who can find a wife of noble character? She is far more precious than jewels.
- Genesis 24:67And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah to be his wife. Isaac loved her, and he was comforted after his mother’s death.
- Genesis 29:20So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel, and they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.
- Ecclesiastes 9:9Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting life, which has been given to you under the sun, all your fleeting days. For that is your portion in life and in your struggle under the sun.
- Hosea 12:12Jacob fled to the territory of Aram. Israel worked to earn a wife; he tended flocks for a wife.
- 1 Corinthians 7:2But because sexual immorality is so common, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman should have sexual relations with her own husband.
- Proverbs 3:4Then you will find favor and high regard with God and people.
- Proverbs 8:35For the one who finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord,
Commentaries on Proverbs 18:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing - Marriage, with all its troubles and embarrassments, is a blessing from God; and there are few cases where a wife of any sort is not better than none, because celibacy is an evil; for God himself hath said, "It is not good for man to be alone." None of the versions, except the Chaldee, are pleased with the naked simplicity of the Hebrew text, hence they all add good: "He that findeth a Good wife findeth a good…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22The sense seems to require, “Whoso findeth a good wife,” as in some Chaldee manuscripts; but the proverb writer may be looking at marriage in its ideal aspect, and sees in every such union the hands of God joining together man and woman for their mutual good. The Septuagint adds “He who casts out a good wife, casts away that which is good: but he that keepeth an adulteress is foolish and ungodly.”Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22Verse 22 A good wife is a great blessing to a man, and it is a token of Divine favour.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. The old versions supply "good" before the "wife," as the last clause and Pr 19:14 imply (compare Pr 31:10).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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