Proverbs 18:22

New International Version

He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor 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 helper suitable for him.”

Genesis 24:67

Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

Genesis 29:28

And Jacob did so. He finished the week with Leah, and then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.

Proverbs 12:4

A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.

Proverbs 19:14

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

Proverbs 3:4

Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.

Proverbs 8:35

For those who find me find life and receive favor from the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun.

Hosea 12:12

Jacob fled to the country of Aram; Israel served to get a wife, and to pay for her he tended sheep.

1 Corinthians 7:2

But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband.

Ruth 4:10

I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from his hometown. Today you are witnesses!”