Proverbs 18:22 · KJV
“{Whoso} findeth a wife findeth a good {thing}, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.”
— Proverbs 18:22
Death and life {are} in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
Proverbs 18 — Context
A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; {and} with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
21Death and life {are} in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
22{Whoso} findeth a wife findeth a good {thing}, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
23The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
24A man {that hath} friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend {that} sticketh closer than a brother.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:14
House and riches {are} the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife {is} from the LORD.
Proverbs 31:10-31
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price {is} far above rubies.
Proverbs 12:4
A virtuous woman {is} a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed {is} as rottenness in his bones.
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that {is} thy portion in {this} life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun. {Live...: Heb. See, or, Enjoy life}
1 Corinthians 7:2
Nevertheless, {to avoid} fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Genesis 2:18
And the LORD God said, {It is} not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. {meet...: Heb. as before him}
Proverbs 5:15-23
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Proverbs 8:35
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. {obtain: Heb. bring forth}