Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 18:22
22Whoever finds a wife finds good, and receives favor from Adonai.
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 his mouth a man’s stomach is filled— with the harvest of his lips he is satisfied. 21Death and life are in the control of the tongue. Those who indulge in it will eat its fruit. Whoever finds a wife finds good, and receives favor from Adonai. 23The poor request favor, but the rich answer harshly. 24A man with many 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 virtuous wife is her husband’s crown, but a dishonoring one is like rottenness in his bones.
- Proverbs 19:14House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Adonai.
- Proverbs 31:10An accomplished woman who can find? Her value is far beyond rubies.
- Genesis 24:67Then Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother, took Rebekah and she became his wife—and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after the loss of his mother.
- Genesis 29:20So Jacob worked for Rachel seven years, yet in his eyes it was like a few days, because of his love for her.
- Ecclesiastes 9:9Live joyously with the wife whom you love all the days of your fleeting life that He has given you under the sun during all your fleeting days—for this is your portion in life and in your toil that you labor under the sun.
- Hosea 12:12Since Gilead is full of iniquity, they are utterly worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls— even their altars will become heaps of rocks along the furrows of My field.”
- 1 Corinthians 7:2But because of much immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
- Proverbs 3:4Then you will gain favor and a good name in the eyes of God and man.
- Proverbs 8:35For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from Adonai.
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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