He that hath found a good wife, hath found a good thing, and shall receive a pleasure from the Lord. He that driveth away a good wife, driveth away a good thing: but he that keepeth an adulteress, is foolish and wicked.

He that hath found a good wife, hath found a good thing, and shall receive a pleasure from the Lord. He that driveth away a good wife, driveth away a good thing: but he that keepeth an adulteress, is foolish and wicked.

findeth a wife

Proverbs 5:15 Let thy fountains be conveyed abroad, and in the streets divide thy waters.

Proverbs 12:4 The thoughts of the just are judgments: and the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

Proverbs 19:14 House and riches are given by parents: but a prudent wife is properly from the Lord.

Proverbs 31:10 Who shall find a valiant woman? far, and from the uttermost coasts is the price of her.

Genesis 24:67 Who brought her into the tent of Sara his mother, and took her to wife: and he loved her so much, that it moderated the sorrow which was occasioned by his mother's death.

Genesis 29:20,21,28 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel: and they seemed but a few days, because of the greatness of his love. . . .

Ecclesiastes 9:9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest, all the days of thy unsteady life, which are given to thee under the sun, all the time of thy vanity: for this is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherewith thou labourest under the sun.

Hosea 12:12 Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and was a keeper for a wife.

1 Corinthians 7:2 But for fear of fornication, let every man have his own wife: and let every woman have her own husband.

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Proverbs 3:4 Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence.

Proverbs 8:35 But he that shall sin against me shall hurt his own soul. All that hate me love death.