Proverbs 18:22

New Century Version

When a man finds a wife, he finds something good. It shows that the Lord is pleased with him.

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

Then Isaac brought Rebekah into the tent of Sarah, his mother, and she became his wife. Isaac loved her very much, and so he was comforted after his mother’s death.

Genesis 29:28

So Jacob did this, and when he had completed the week with Leah, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as a wife.

Proverbs 12:4

A good wife is like a crown for her husband, but a disgraceful wife is like a disease in his bones.

Proverbs 19:14

Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a wise wife is a gift from the Lord.

Proverbs 3:4

Then you will be respected and will please both God and people.

Proverbs 8:35

Those who find me find life, and the Lord will be pleased with them.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Enjoy life with the wife you love. Enjoy all the useless days of this useless life God has given you here on earth, because it is all you have. So enjoy the work you do here on earth.

Hosea 12:12

Your ancestor Jacob fled to Northwest Mesopotamia where he worked to get a wife; he tended sheep to pay for her.

1 Corinthians 7:2

But because sexual sin is a danger, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.

Ruth 4:10

I am also taking Ruth, the Moabite who was the wife of Mahlon, as my wife. I am doing this so her dead husband’s property will stay in his name and his name will not be separated from his family and his hometown. You are witnesses today.”