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.”
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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favour of the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who finds a [true] wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord. [Prov. 19:14; 31:10.] American Standard Version (1901) Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah. Common English Bible He who finds a wife finds what is good, gaining favor from the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version He who has found a good wife has found goodness, and he shall draw contentment from the Lord. He who expels a good wife expels goodness. But he who holds on to an adulteress is foolish and impious. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that hath found a good wife, hath found a good thing, and shall receive a pleasure from the Lord. He that driveth away a good wife, driveth away a good thing: but he that keepeth an adulteress, is foolish and wicked. |
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.”
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.
So Jacob did this and finished the week. Then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as a wife.
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.
People get houses and money from their parents. But a good wife is a gift from the Lord.
Any person who finds me finds life.\par He will get good things from the Lord!\par
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.
“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.
But sexual sin is a danger. So each man should have his own wife. And each woman should have her own husband.
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.”