Proverbs 18:22

American Standard Version (1901)

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:14 : 14 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
  • Prov 12:4 : 4 A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
  • Prov 31:10-31 : 10 A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies. 11 The heart of her husband trusteth in her, And he shall have no lack of gain. 12 She doeth him good and not evil All the days of her life. 13 She seeketh wool and flax, And worketh willingly with her hands. 14 She is like the merchant-ships; She bringeth her bread from afar. 15 She riseth also while it is yet night, And giveth food to her household, And their task to her maidens. 16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it; With the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. 17 She girdeth her loins with strength, And maketh strong her arms. 18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is profitable: Her lamp goeth not out by night. 19 She layeth her hands to the distaff, And her hands hold the spindle. 20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; Yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. 21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household; For all her household are clothed with scarlet. 22 She maketh for herself carpets of tapestry; Her clothing is fine linen and purple. 23 Her husband is known in the gates, When he sitteth among the elders of the land. 24 She maketh linen garments and selleth them, And delivereth girdles unto the merchant. 25 Strength and dignity are her clothing; And she laugheth at the time to come. 26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; And the law of kindness is on her tongue. 27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness. 28 Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husband [also], and he praiseth her, [saying] : 29 Many daughters have done worthily, But thou excellest them all. 30 Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; [But] a woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised. 31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; And let her works praise her in the gates.
  • Eccl 9:9 : 9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.
  • Prov 8:35 : 35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah.
  • Gen 24:67 : 67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
  • Gen 2:18 : 18 And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.
  • Prov 5:15-23 : 15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well. 16 Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets? 17 Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee. 18 Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth. 19 [ As] a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love. 20 For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner? 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths. 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. 23 He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
  • 1 Cor 7:2 : 2 But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
  • Hos 12:12 : 12 And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep] .
  • Gen 29:20-21 : 20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. 21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
  • Gen 29:28 : 28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife.
  • Prov 3:4 : 4 So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 8:35
    80%

    35For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah.

  • Prov 19:13-14
    2 verses
    78%

    13A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

    14House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

  • Prov 31:10-12
    3 verses
    75%

    10A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.

    11The heart of her husband trusteth in her, And he shall have no lack of gain.

    12She doeth him good and not evil All the days of her life.

  • Prov 18:21
    74%

    21Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

  • Prov 5:18
    73%

    18Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

  • Prov 3:16-18
    3 verses
    73%

    16Length of days is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor.

    17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.

    18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.

  • Prov 3:4
    72%

    4So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man.

  • Prov 3:13
    72%

    13Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding.

  • Prov 16:20
    72%

    20He that giveth heed unto the word shall find good; And whoso trusteth in Jehovah, happy is he.

  • Prov 21:21
    72%

    21He that followeth after righteousness and kindness Findeth life, righteousness, and honor.

  • Deut 22:28
    72%

    28If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, that is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;

  • Prov 11:16
    71%

    16A gracious woman obtaineth honor; And violent men obtain riches.

  • Prov 19:8
    71%

    8He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keepeth understanding shall find good.

  • Prov 12:4
    71%

    4A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

  • Prov 31:28-31
    4 verses
    71%

    28Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husband [also], and he praiseth her, [saying] :

    29Many daughters have done worthily, But thou excellest them all.

    30Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; [But] a woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.

    31Give her of the fruit of her hands; And let her works praise her in the gates.

  • Eccl 7:26-28
    3 verses
    71%

    26And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. [

    27Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, [laying] one thing to another, to find out the account;

    28which my soul still seeketh, but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

  • Prov 22:1
    70%

    1A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches, [And] loving favor rather than silver and gold.

  • Eccl 9:9
    70%

    9Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.

  • Deut 24:1
    70%

    1When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

  • Prov 11:27
    70%

    27He that diligently seeketh good seeketh favor; But he that searcheth after evil, it shall come unto him.

  • Ps 128:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table.

    4Behold, thus shall the man be blessed That feareth Jehovah.

  • Prov 4:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.

    9She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee.

  • Prov 12:2
    69%

    2A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

  • Prov 4:6
    69%

    6Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.

  • Prov 2:4
    69%

    4If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:

  • Prov 18:23
    69%

    23The poor useth entreaties; But the rich answereth roughly.

  • Prov 6:26
    69%

    26For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

  • Prov 21:9
    69%

    9It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

  • 1 Cor 7:38
    69%

    38So then both he that giveth his own virgin [daughter] in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better.

  • Prov 31:23
    68%

    23Her husband is known in the gates, When he sitteth among the elders of the land.

  • Gen 2:24
    68%

    24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

  • Gen 2:18
    68%

    18And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.

  • Col 3:18
    68%

    18Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

  • Deut 22:23
    68%

    23If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

  • Prov 31:26
    68%

    26She openeth her mouth with wisdom; And the law of kindness is on her tongue.