English Standard Version
Proverbs 18:22
22He 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He who finds a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor from the Lord.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The man who finds a wife finds a treasure, and he receives favor from the Lord.
Context of Proverbs 18:22
20From the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach is satisfied; he is satisfied by the yield of his lips. 21Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord. 23The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly. 24A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks 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, flowing water from your own well.
- Proverbs 12:4An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
- Proverbs 19:14House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
- Proverbs 31:10An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.
- Genesis 24:67Then Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
- Genesis 29:20So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.
- Ecclesiastes 9:9Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.
- Hosea 12:12Jacob fled to the land of Aram; there Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he guarded sheep.
- 1 Corinthians 7:2But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.
- Proverbs 3:4So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man.
- Proverbs 8:35For whoever 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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