Proverbs 18:22
Whoso hath found a wife hath found happiness, and hath obtained favor from the Lord.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
In Context
21Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it will eat its fruit.
23The poor speaketh entreatingly; but the rich answereth roughly.
Cross References
Genesis 2:18And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help suitable for him.
Genesis 29:20And Jacob served for Rachel seven years; and they seemed unto him but a few days, through the love he had to her.
Ruth 4:10And also Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Machlon, have I obtained for myself as my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
Proverbs 5:15Drink water out of thy own cistern, and running waters out of thy own well.
Proverbs 12:4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but as rottenness in his bones is one that bringeth shame [on him].
Proverbs 31:10Who can find a virtuous woman: for far above pearls is her value.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 18:22
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Note, 1. A man may do a great deal of good, or a great deal of hurt, both to others and to himself, according to the use he makes of his tongue. Many a one has been his own death by a foul tongue, or the death of others by a false tongue; and, on the contrary, many a one has saved his own life, or procured the comfort of it, by a prudent gentle tongue, and saved the lives of others by a seasonable testimony or… Read the whole commentary →