Proverbs 18:22
Who hath found a wife, hath found a blessing, and hath obtained favour from Yahweh.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, its friends, shall eat its fruits.
23Supplications, doth the poor man utter, but, the rich, answereth fiercely.
Cross References
Genesis 2:18And Yahweh God said, It is, not good, that the man should remain alone,—I will make for him a helper as his counterpart.
Genesis 29:20So Jacob served for Rachel—seven years,—and they became, in his eyes, as single days, for his love to her.
Ruth 4:10Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, wife of Mahlon, have I taken over, to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off—from among his brethren, and from the gate of his dwelling- place,—Witnesses, are ye to-day!
Proverbs 5:15Drink thou water out of thine own cistern, and flowing streams out of the midst of thine own well.
Proverbs 12:4A virtuous woman, is the crown of her husband, but, a veritable decay in his bones, is she that causeth shame.
Proverbs 31:10A virtuous woman, who can find? for, far beyond corals, is her worth.
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 →