Proverbs 18:22

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Summary

Proverbs 18:22

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.

Findeth a wife

And

Proverbs 3:4

Proverbs 8:35

General references

Matthew 19:10

Bible References

Findeth a wife

Drink water from your own cistern,
water flowing from your own well.

A capable wife is her husband’s crown,
but a wife who causes shame
is like rottenness in his bones.

A house and wealth are inherited from fathers,
but a sensible wife is from the Lord.

Who can find a capable wife?

She is far more precious than jewels.

And 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.

So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel, and they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.

Enjoy 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.

Jacob fled to the land of Aram.
Israel worked to earn a wife;
he tended flocks for a wife.

But because sexual immorality is so common,

each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.

And

Then you will find favor and high regard
in the sight of God and man.

For the one who finds me finds life
and obtains favor from the Lord,

General references

His disciples said to Him, “If the relationship of a man with his wife is like this, it’s better not to marry!”