“ Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD. ”
The sense seems to require, “Whoso findeth a good wife,” as in some Chaldee manuscripts; but the proverb writer may be looking at marriage in its ideal aspect, and sees in every such union the hand...
[Whoever] findeth a (p) wife findeth a good [thing], and obtaineth favour from the LORD. (p) He who is joined with a virtuous woman in marriage is blessed by the Lord, as in ( Proverbs 19:14 ).
Proverbs 18:1 . MT yields no satisfactory sense. The LXX reads The man who wishes to separate from his friends seeks pretexts, but is always liable to reproach. Frankenberg renders the alienated f...
a wife. Some codices, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read, "a good wife". Compare Proverbs 19:14 .
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing , and obtaineth favour of the LORD. Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing - Marriage, with all its troubles and embarrassments, is a blessing from God...
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing— He who findeth a good wife, findeth a good thing. Houbigant, after many of the versions. See chap. Proverbs 19:14 . The LXX and Vulgate read at the end...
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD. (Whoso) findeth a wife (i:e., one truly realizing what a wife ought, to be) findeth a good (thing). It was a "good...
1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own wishes and opposes everything reasonable. But LXX suggests, 'Th...
Whoso findeth a wife ... — One who deserves the name of wife, as the one described in Proverbs 31:10 , sqq.
CHAPTER 19 THE EVIL OF ISOLATION "He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Proverbs 18:1 FROM the value of friendship there is...
Verse Proverbs 18:1 . The protest of this proverb is against the self-satisfaction which makes a man separate himself from the thoughts and opinions of others. Such a one finally "rages against," or...
He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him. The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. A brother offended is harder to be wo...
[Whoso] findeth a wife ,.... A good one; so the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions, supply it; and so the Targum, though it leaves out the word good in the last clause; and no ot...
Proverbs 18:22 [Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and obtaineth favour of the LORD. Ver. 22. Whoso findeth a wife, &c. ] Whoso, after much seeking, by prayer to God, and hi...
Whoso findeth a wife A good wife; one that deserves the name, and performs the duty of that relation. Thus Houbigant interprets it after many of the versions: see Proverbs 19:14 . Findeth a good...
22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the L ORD . Note, 1. A good wife is a great blessing to a man. He that finds a wife (that is, a wife indee...
A wife; either, 1. Simply a wife; for a wife, though she be not the best of her kind, is to be esteemed a blessing, being useful both for society of life, Genesis 2:18 , and for the mitigation...
MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 18:22 A TWOFOLD GOOD I. Polygamy cannot be recommended by those who have practised it . A thousand counterfeit coins, even if they pass as genuine for a time, are n...
Proverbs 18:1 . Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. יתגלע yithgalâ; this word occurs but thrice, and only in the book of Proverbs; viz. here...
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord. A happy marriage At the outset these words strike two thoughts on our attention. 1. That celibacy is not the best...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 18:1 This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations. The Authorized Version gives, Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and inte...
v. 22. Whoso findeth a wife, the words implying an earnest and wise search, findeth a goad thing, for a virtuous wife is a true helpmeet for man, and obtaineth favor of the Lord, for such a wif...
1 Corinthians 7:2 ; Ecclesiastes 9:9 ; Genesis 24:67 ; Genesis 29:20 ; Genesis 29:21 ; Genesis 29:28 ; Hosea 12:12 ; Proverbs 12:4 ; Proverbs 19:14 ; Proverbs 3:4 ; Proverbs 31:10-31 ; Pr...
A wise — A good wife; one that deserves the name, and performs the duty of that relation. Favour — Obtains her not by his own diligence, but by God's good providence.