22Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.


In Context

19 A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; and disputes are like the bars of a castle.

20 A man's stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.

21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

22 Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.

23 The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.

24 A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Proverbs 18:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:22[Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing,] and obtaineth favour of the LORD.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:22He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord .

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:22He that hath found a good wife, hath found a good thing, and shall receive a pleasure from the Lord. He that driveth away a good wife, driveth away a good thing: but he that keepeth an adulteress, is foolish and wicked.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:22Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:22Whoso hath found a wife hath found a good thing, and hath obtained favour from Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:22Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:22Whoever findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor from the LORD.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:22Whoso hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:22Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the LORD.