Proverbs 18:22
He that findeth a wife, findeth a good thing, and receiueth fauour of the Lord.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 ye tongue, and they that loue it, shall eate the fruite thereof.
23The poore speaketh with prayers: but the rich answereth roughly.
Cross References
Genesis 2:18Also the Lord God saide, It is not good that the man should be himself alone: I wil make him an helpe meete for him.
Genesis 29:20And Iaakob serued seuen yeres for Rahel, and they seemed vnto him but a few dayes, because he loued her.
Ruth 4:10And moreouer, Ruth the Moabitesse the wife of Mahlon, haue I bought to be my wife, to stirre vp the name of the dead vpon his inheritance, and that the name of the dead be not put out from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
Proverbs 5:15Drinke the water of thy cisterne, and of the riuers out of the middes of thine owne well.
Proverbs 12:4A vertuous woman is the crowne of her husband: but she that maketh him ashamed, is as corruption in his bones.
Proverbs 31:10Who shall finde a vertuous woman? for her price is farre aboue the pearles.
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 →