Proverbs 18:22

New English Translation

The one who finds a wife finds what is enjoyable, and receives a pleasurable gift from the Lord.

Cross References

Genesis 2:18

The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion for him who corresponds to him.”

Genesis 24:67

Then Isaac brought Rebekah into his mother Sarah’s tent. He took her as his wife and loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

Genesis 29:28

Jacob did as Laban said. When Jacob completed Leah’s bridal week, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.

Proverbs 12:4

A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 19:14

A house and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.

Proverbs 3:4

Then you will find favor and good understanding, in the sight of God and people.

Proverbs 8:35

For the one who finds me finds life and receives favor from the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Enjoy life with your beloved wife during all the days of your fleeting life that God has given you on earth during all your fleeting days; for that is your reward in life and in your burdensome work on earth.

Hosea 12:12

Jacob fled to the country of Aram, then Israel worked to acquire a wife; he tended sheep to pay for her.

1 Corinthians 7:2

But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband.

Ruth 4:10

I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, as my wife to raise up a descendant who will inherit his property so the name of the deceased might not disappear from among his relatives and from his village. You are witnesses today.”