Proverbs 18:22
20 A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
23 The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
- KJV
- Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
- WEB
- Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the LORD.
- ASV
- Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.
- DARBY
- Whoso hath found a wife hath found a good thing, and hath obtained favour from Jehovah.
- BLB
- He who has found a wife has found good, and he obtains favor from YHWH.
- ÅB
- Den som har funnet en hustru, har funnet lykke og fått en nådegave av Herren.
- OTB
- Den som finner en hustru finner en god ting og mottar gunst fra Herren.
- B1930
- Den som har funnet en hustru, har funnet lykke og fått en nådegave av Herren.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 19:14
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
Read in contextProverbs 31:10–31
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Read in contextProverbs 12:4
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 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.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:2
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Read in contextProverbs 5:15–23
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Read in contextGenesis 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.
Read in contextHosea 12:12
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Read in context