Proverbs 18:22

Whoso findeth a wife... — One who deserves the name of wife, as the one described in Proverbs 31:10, sqq.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 18:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 i...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

[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 b...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 liabl...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

a wife. Some codices, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read, "a good wife". Compare Proverbs 19:14 .
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 t...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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. Pr...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 ou...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own wishes and oppo...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A good wife (Sir 17:28).
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 19 THE EVIL OF ISOLATION "He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Pro...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[Whoso] findeth a wife ,.... A good one; so the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions, supply it; and so the Targum, though it leav...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 18:22 [Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and obtaineth favour of the LORD. Ver. 22. Whoso findeth a wife, &c. ] W...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 th...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 18:22 A TWOFOLD GOOD I. Polygamy cannot be recommended by those who have practised it . A thousand counterfeit coi...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 18:1 . Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. יתגלע yithgalâ; this word occurs but t...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 18:1 This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations. The Authorized Version gives, Through desire...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 ; Proverb...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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...

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

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 18:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 18:22