Proverbs 18:22

God's Word

Whoever finds a wife finds something good and has obtained favor from the Lord.

Cross References

Genesis 2:18

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is right for him.”

Genesis 24:67

Isaac took her into his mother Sarah’s tent. He married Rebekah. She became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

Genesis 29:28

That’s what Jacob did. He finished the week with Leah. Then Laban gave his daughter Rachel to him as his wife.

Proverbs 12:4

A wife with strength of character is the crown of her husband, but the wife who disgraces him is like bone cancer.

Proverbs 19:14

Home and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a sensible wife comes from the Lord.

Proverbs 3:4

Then you will find favor and much success in the sight of God and humanity.

Proverbs 8:35

Whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, during all your brief, pointless life. God has given you your pointless life under the sun. This is your lot ⌞in life⌟ and what you get for the hard work that you do under the sun.

Hosea 12:12

Jacob fled to the country of Syria. Israel worked to get a wife; he took care of sheep to pay for her.

1 Corinthians 7:2

But in order to avoid sexual sins, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.

Ruth 4:10

In addition, I have bought as my wife the Moabite Ruth, Mahlon’s widow, to keep the inheritance in the dead man’s name. In this way the dead man’s name will not be cut off from his relatives or from the public records. Today you are witnesses.”