Proverbs 18:22

Easy To Read Version

If you find a wife, then you have found a good thing. She shows that the Lord is happy with you.

Cross References

Genesis 2:18

Then the Lord God said, “I see that it is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a person like him to help him.”

Genesis 24:67

Then Isaac brought the girl into his mother’s tent. Rebekah became Isaac’s wife that day. Isaac loved her very much. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

Genesis 29:28

So Jacob did this and finished the week. Then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as a wife.

Proverbs 12:4

A husband is happy and proud with a good wife. But if a woman makes her husband ashamed, then she is like a sickness in his body.

Proverbs 19:14

People get houses and money from their parents. But a good wife is a gift from the Lord.

Proverbs 3:4

Then you will be wise and pleasing to God and people!

Proverbs 8:35

Any person who finds me finds life.\par He will get good things from the Lord!\par

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Enjoy life with the wife you love. Enjoy every day of your short life. God has given you this short life on earth—and it is all you have. So, enjoy the work you have to do in this life.

Hosea 12:12

“Jacob ran away to the land of Aram. In that place, Israel {\cf2\super [140]} worked for a wife. He kept sheep to get another wife.

1 Corinthians 7:2

But sexual sin is a danger. So each man should have his own wife. And each woman should have her own husband.

Ruth 4:10

I am also buying Ruth to be my wife. I am doing this so the dead man’s property will stay with his family. This way, the dead man’s name will not be separated from his family and his land. You are witnesses this day.”