New English Translation
Proverbs 18:22
22The one who finds a wife finds what is enjoyable, and receives a pleasurable gift 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, with the product of his lips is he satisfied. 21Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love its use will eat its fruit. The one who finds a wife finds what is enjoyable, and receives a pleasurable gift from the Lord. 23A poor person makes supplications, but a rich man answers harshly. 24A person who has friends may be harmed by them, 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 and running water from your own well.
- Proverbs 12:4A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones.
- Proverbs 19:14A house and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
- Proverbs 31:10Who can find a wife of noble character? For her value is far more than rubies.
- Genesis 24:67Then Isaac brought Rebekah into his mother Sarah’s tent. He took her as his wife and loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
- Genesis 29:20So Jacob worked for seven years to acquire Rachel. But they seemed like only a few days to him because his love for her was so great.
- Ecclesiastes 9:9Enjoy life with your beloved wife during all the days of your fleeting life that God has given you on earth during all your fleeting days; for that is your reward in life and in your burdensome work on earth.
- Hosea 12:12Jacob fled to the country of Aram, then Israel worked to acquire a wife; he tended sheep to pay for her.
- 1 Corinthians 7:2But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband.
- Proverbs 3:4Then you will find favor and good understanding, in the sight of God and people.
- Proverbs 8:35For the one who finds me finds life and receives 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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