Proverbs 18:22
Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor of Yahweh.
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- Prov 19:14 : 14 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, But a prudent wife is from Yahweh.
- Prov 12:4 : 4 A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, But a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
- Prov 31:10-31 : 10 Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies. 11 The heart of her husband trusts in her. He shall have no lack of gain. 12 She does him good, and not harm, All the days of her life. 13 She seeks wool and flax, And works eagerly with her hands. 14 She is like the merchant ships. She brings her bread from afar. 15 She rises also while it is yet night, Gives food to her household, And portions for her servant girls. 16 She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard. 17 She girds her loins with strength, And makes her arms strong. 18 She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp doesn't go out by night. 19 She lays her hands to the distaff, And her hands hold the spindle. 20 She opens her arms to the poor; Yes, she extends her hands to the needy. 21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household; For all her household are clothed with scarlet. 22 She makes for herself carpets of tapestry. Her clothing is fine linen and purple. 23 Her husband is respected in the gates, When he sits among the elders of the land. 24 She makes linen garments and sells them, And delivers sashes to the merchant. 25 Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come. 26 She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her tongue. 27 She looks well to the ways of her household, And doesn't eat the bread of idleness. 28 Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her: 29 "Many women do noble things, But you excel them all." 30 Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; But a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised. 31 Give her of the fruit of her hands! Let her works praise her in the gates!
- Eccl 9:9 : 9 Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.
- Prov 8:35 : 35 For whoever finds me, finds life, And will obtain favor from Yahweh.
- Gen 24:67 : 67 Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
- Gen 2:18 : 18 Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."
- Prov 5:15-23 : 15 Drink water out of your own cistern, Running water out of your own well. 16 Should your springs overflow in the streets, Streams of water in the public squares? 17 Let them be for yourself alone, Not for strangers with you. 18 Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth. 19 A loving doe and a graceful deer-- Let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love. 20 For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another? 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths. 22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly. 23 He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.
- 1 Cor 7:2 : 2 But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
- Hos 12:12 : 12 Jacob fled into the country of Aram, And Israel served to get a wife, And for a wife he tended flocks and herds.
- Gen 29:20-21 : 20 Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her. 21 Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her."
- Gen 29:28 : 28 Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife.
- Prov 3:4 : 4 So you will find favor, And good understanding in the sight of God and man.
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35 For whoever finds me, finds life, And will obtain favor from Yahweh.
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16 Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.
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13 Happy is the man who finds wisdom, The man who gets understanding.
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28 Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:
29 "Many women do noble things, But you excel them all."
30 Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; But a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.
31 Give her of the fruit of her hands! Let her works praise her in the gates!
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26 I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
27 Behold, this have I found, says the Preacher, one to another, to find out the scheme;
28 which my soul still seeks; but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
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9 Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.
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1 When a man takes a wife, and marries her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
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3 Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of your house; Your children like olive plants, Around your table.
4 Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears Yahweh.
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8 Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.
9 She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you."
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6 Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.
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4 If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures:
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18 Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
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26 She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her tongue.