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Proverbs 18:22 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 18 · verse 22
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.Proverbs 18:22 · King James Version
Proverbs 18:22 in context
20A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
21Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
22Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
23The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
24A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Commentary
Cross references
- Proverbs 19:14
- Proverbs 31:10-31
- Proverbs 12:4
- Ecclesiastes 9:9
- 1 Corinthians 7:2
- Proverbs 5:15-23
- Genesis 2:18
- Hosea 12:12
Key words (Strong's)
- obtainethpûwqto issueH6329 →
- findethmâtsâʼproperly, to come forth toH4672 →
- favourrâtsôwndelightH7522 →
- wifeʼishshâha womanH802 →
- goodṭôwbgood in the widest senseH2896 →
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Note, 1. A good wife is a great blessing to a man. He that finds a wife (that is, a wife indeed; a bad wife does not deserve to be called by a name of so much honour), that finds a help meet for him (that is a wife in the original acceptation of the word), that sought such a one with care and prayer and has found what…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary