Proverbs 18:22
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 18
“Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.”Proverbs 18:22
What Does Proverbs 18:22 Mean?
Proverbs 18:22 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 18, verse 22 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 19 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Marriage.
Cross-References (19)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 18:22 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 19:14“House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.”Proverbs 31:10“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.”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.”1 Corinthians 7:2“Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.”Proverbs 5:15“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.”Hosea 12:12“And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.”Genesis 29:20“And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.”Genesis 24:67“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.”Proverbs 3:4“So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.”Genesis 29:28“And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.”Genesis 2:22“And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.”John 2:1“And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:”Genesis 24:44“And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master’s son.”Ruth 4:10“Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased 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 place: ye are witnesses this day.”1 Samuel 25:39“And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.”Matthew 19:10“His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.”
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