Proverbs 18:22
He that has found a good wife has found favours, and has received gladness from God. + 18:22 Heb. omits this verse. He that puts away a good wife, puts away a + 18:22 Gr. plural. good thing, and he that keeps an adulteress is foolish and ungodly.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
In Context
21Life and death are in the power of the tongue; and they that rule it shall eat the fruits thereof.
Cross References
Genesis 2:18And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone, let us make for him a help + 2:18 Gr. according to him. suitable to him.
Genesis 29:20And Jacob served for Rachel seven years, and they were before him as a few days, by reason of his loving her.
Ruth 4:10Moreover I have bought for myself for a wife Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Maalon, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance; so the name of the dead shall not be destroyed from amongst his brethren, and from the tribe of his people: you⌃ are this day witnesses.
Proverbs 5:15Drink waters out of your own vessels, and out of your own springing wells.
Proverbs 12:4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband; but as a worm in wood, so a bad woman destroys her husband.
Proverbs 31:10Who shall find a virtuous woman? for such a one is more valuable than precious stones.
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 →