Proverbs 18:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Whoever gets a wife gets a good thing, and has the approval of the Lord.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:14 : 14 House and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.
  • Prov 12:4 : 4 A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband; but she whose behaviour is a cause of shame is like a wasting disease in his bones.
  • Prov 31:10-31 : 10 Who may make discovery of a woman of virtue? For her price is much higher than jewels. 11 The heart of her husband has faith in her, and he will have profit in full measure. 12 She does him good and not evil all the days of her life. 13 She gets wool and linen, working at the business of her hands. 14 She is like the trading-ships, getting food from far away. 15 She gets up while it is still night, and gives meat to her family, and their food to her servant-girls. 16 After looking at a field with care, she gets it for a price, planting a vine-garden with the profit of her work. 17 She puts a band of strength round her, and makes her arms strong. 18 She sees that her marketing is of profit to her: her light does not go out by night. 19 She puts her hands to the cloth-working rod, and her fingers take the wheel. 20 Her hands are stretched out to the poor; yes, she is open-handed to those who are in need. 21 She has no fear of the snow for her family, for all those in her house are clothed in red. 22 She makes for herself cushions of needlework; her clothing is fair linen and purple. 23 Her husband is a man of note in the public place, when he takes his seat among the responsible men of the land. 24 She makes linen robes and gets a price for them, and traders take her cloth bands for a price. 25 Strength and self-respect are her clothing; she is facing the future with a smile. 26 Her mouth is open to give out wisdom, and the law of mercy is on her tongue. 27 She gives attention to the ways of her family, she does not take her food without working for it. 28 Her children get up and give her honour, and her husband gives her praise, saying, 29 Unnumbered women have done well, but you are better than all of them. 30 Fair looks are a deceit, and a beautiful form is of no value; but a woman who has the fear of the Lord is to be praised. 31 Give her credit for what her hands have made: let her be praised by her works in the public place.
  • Eccl 9:9 : 9 Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun.
  • Prov 8:35 : 35 For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him.
  • Gen 24:67 : 67 And Isaac took Rebekah into his tent and she became his wife; and in his love for her, Isaac was comforted after his father's death.
  • Gen 2:18 : 18 And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him
  • Prov 5:15-23 : 15 Let water from your store and not that of others be your drink, and running water from your fountain. 16 Let not your springs be flowing in the streets, or your streams of water in the open places. 17 Let them be for yourself only, not for other men with you. 18 Let blessing be on your fountain; have joy in the wife of your early years. 19 As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love. 20 Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms? 21 For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales. 22 The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin. 23 He will come to his end for need of teaching; he is so foolish that he will go wandering from the right way.
  • 1 Cor 7:2 : 2 But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.
  • Hos 12:12 : 12 In Gilead there is evil. They are quite without value; in Gilgal they make offerings of oxen; truly their altars are like masses of stones in the hollows of a ploughed field.
  • Gen 29:20-21 : 20 And Jacob did seven years' work for Rachel; and because of his love for her it seemed to him only a very little time. 21 Then Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife so that I may have her, for the days are ended.
  • Gen 29:28 : 28 And Jacob did so; and when the week was ended, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel for his wife.
  • Prov 3:4 : 4 So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 8:35
    80%

    35For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him.

  • Prov 19:13-14
    2 verses
    78%

    13A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

    14House and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.

  • Prov 31:10-12
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    75%

    10Who may make discovery of a woman of virtue? For her price is much higher than jewels.

    11The heart of her husband has faith in her, and he will have profit in full measure.

    12She does 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 those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.

  • Prov 5:18
    73%

    18Let blessing be on your fountain; have joy in the wife of your early years.

  • Prov 3:16-18
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    16Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are wealth and honour.

    17Her ways are ways of delight, and all her goings are peace.

    18She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.

  • Prov 3:4
    72%

    4So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.

  • Prov 3:13
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    13Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.

  • Prov 16:20
    72%

    20He who gives attention to the law of right will get good; and whoever puts his faith in the Lord is happy.

  • Prov 21:21
    72%

    21He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.

  • Deut 22:28
    72%

    28If a man sees a young virgin, who has not given her word to be married to anyone, and he takes her by force and has connection with her, and discovery is made of it;

  • Prov 11:16
    71%

    16A woman who is full of grace is honoured, but a woman hating righteousness is a seat of shame: those hating work will undergo loss, but the strong keep their wealth.

  • Prov 19:8
    71%

    8He who gets wisdom has love for his soul: he who keeps good sense will get what is truly good.

  • Prov 12:4
    71%

    4A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband; but she whose behaviour is a cause of shame is like a wasting disease in his bones.

  • Prov 31:28-31
    4 verses
    71%

    28Her children get up and give her honour, and her husband gives her praise, saying,

    29Unnumbered women have done well, but you are better than all of them.

    30Fair looks are a deceit, and a beautiful form is of no value; but a woman who has the fear of the Lord is to be praised.

    31Give her credit for what her hands have made: let her be praised by her works in the public place.

  • Eccl 7:26-28
    3 verses
    71%

    26And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.

    27Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,

    28For which my soul is still searching, but I have it not; one man among a thousand have I seen; but a woman among all these I have not seen.

  • Prov 22:1
    70%

    1A good name is more to be desired than great wealth, and to be respected is better than silver and gold.

  • Eccl 9:9
    70%

    9Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun.

  • Deut 24:1
    70%

    1If a man takes a wife, and after they are married she is unpleasing to him because of some bad quality in her, let him give her a statement in writing and send her away from his house.

  • Prov 11:27
    70%

    27He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.

  • Ps 128:3-4
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    3Your wife will be like a fertile vine in the inmost parts of your house: your children will be like olive plants round your table.

    4See! this is the blessing of the worshipper of the Lord.

  • Prov 4:8-9
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    8Put her in a high place, and you will be lifted up by her; she will give you honour, when you give her your love.

    9She will put a crown of grace on your head, giving you a head-dress of glory.

  • Prov 12:2
    69%

    2A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.

  • Prov 4:6
    69%

    6Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.

  • Prov 2:4
    69%

    4If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;

  • Prov 18:23
    69%

    23The poor man makes requests for grace, but the man of wealth gives a rough answer.

  • Prov 6:26
    69%

    26For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.

  • Prov 21:9
    69%

    9It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.

  • 1 Cor 7:38
    69%

    38So then, he who gets married to his virgin does well, and he who keeps her unmarried does better.

  • Prov 31:23
    68%

    23Her husband is a man of note in the public place, when he takes his seat among the responsible men of the land.

  • Gen 2:24
    68%

    24For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.

  • Gen 2:18
    68%

    18And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him

  • Col 3:18
    68%

    18Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as is right in the Lord.

  • Deut 22:23
    68%

    23If a young virgin has given her word to be married to a man, and another man meeting her in the town, has connection with her;

  • Prov 31:26
    68%

    26Her mouth is open to give out wisdom, and the law of mercy is on her tongue.