Proverbs 18:22

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He that hath found a good wife, hath found a good thing, and shall receive a pleasure from the Lord. He that driveth away a good wife, driveth away a good thing: but he that keepeth an adulteress, is foolish and wicked.

Cross References

Proverbs 19:14

House and riches are given by parents: but a prudent wife is properly from the Lord.

Proverbs 12:4

A diligent woman is a crown to her husband: and she that doth things worthy of confusion, is a rottenness in his bones.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest, all the days of thy unsteady life, which are given to thee under the sun, all the time of thy vanity: for this is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherewith thou labourest under the sun.

1 Corinthians 7:2

But for fear of fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

Genesis 2:18

And the Lord God said: It is not good for man to be alone; let us make him a help like unto himself.

Hosea 12:12

Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and was a keeper for a wife.

Proverbs 8:35

He that shall find me, shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord:

Proverbs 3:4

And thou shalt find grace and good understanding before God and men.

Genesis 24:67

Who brought her into the tent of Sara his mother, and took her to wife. And he loved her so much, that it moderated the sorrow which was occasioned by his mother's death.

Genesis 29:28

He yielded to his pleasure: and after the week was past, he married Rachel.

Ruth 4:10

And have taken to wife Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahalon, to raise up the name of the deceased in his inheritance lest his name be cut off, from among his family and his brethren and his people. You, I say, are witnesses of this thing.