A good wife is a great blessing to a man, and it is a token of Divine favour.
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Proverbs 18:22
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 18:22
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The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 18:1-24Proverbs 18:1-24 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONMatthew Henry on Proverbs 18:22Proverbs 18:22 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleNote, 1. A good wife is a great blessing to a man. He that finds a wife (that is, a wife indeed; a bad wife does not deserve to be called by a name of so much honour), that finds a help meet for him (that is a wife in t…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 18:22Proverbs 18:22 · The Pulpit CommentaryWhoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing. A good wife is meant, a virtuous, prudent helpmate, as in Proverbs 12:4; Proverbs 19:14; and 31. The epithet is omitted, because the moralist is thinking of the ideal wife, the…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 18:22Proverbs 18:22 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe blessedness of true marriage The Bible does not regard marriage as "a failure," nor does it treat celibacy as a more saintly condition. Even St. Paul, who does not seem to have been a married man, and who is thought…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 18:22-24Proverbs 18:22-24 · The Pulpit CommentaryLove in different relations I. CONJUGAL LOVE. (Proverbs 18:22.) The blessing of a good wife. "Young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men's nurses" (Lord Bacon). On the choice of a with none but a rec…
commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 18:1-24EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 18:22Note, 1. A good wife is a great blessing to a man. He that finds a wife (that is, a wife indeed; a bad wife does not deserve to be called by a name of so much honour), that finds a help meet for him (that is a wife in t…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 18:22The blessedness of true marriage The Bible does not regard marriage as "a failure," nor does it treat celibacy as a more saintly condition. Even St. Paul, who does not seem to have been a married man, and who is thought…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 18:22-24Love in different relations I. CONJUGAL LOVE. (Proverbs 18:22.) The blessing of a good wife. "Young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men's nurses" (Lord Bacon). On the choice of a with none but a rec…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 18:22Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing. A good wife is meant, a virtuous, prudent helpmate, as in Proverbs 12:4; Proverbs 19:14; and 31. The epithet is omitted, because the moralist is thinking of the ideal wife, the…Joseph S. Exell and contributors