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                        Verse Proverbs 18:22. WHOSO _FINDETH A WIFE FINDETH A GOOD_ THING]
_Marriage_, with all its troubles and embarrassments, is a blessing
from God; and there are _few cases_ where a _wife of any sort_ i... 
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                        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 hands
o... 
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                        CHAPTER 18 PROVERBS OF PERSONAL INSTRUCTION
There is first a warning against separation produced by desire, that
is for gratification and pleasure, and not for a righteous purpose.
Such a one becomes... 
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                        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 friend... 
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                        A WIFE. Some codices, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read,
"a good wife". Compare Proverbs 19:14.... 
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                        Compare:
"Happy is the husband of a good wife;
And the number of his days shall be twofold.
A brave woman rejoiceth her husband;
And he shall fulfil his years in peace.
A good wife is a good port... 
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                        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 of t... 
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                        STUDY QUESTIONS OVER 18:13-24
1.
How is it folly to him (Proverbs 18:13)?
2.
How is it shame to him (Proverbs 18:13)?
3.
What would a doctor get out of Proverbs 18:14?
4.
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                        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" thin... 
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                        A good wife (Sir 17:28).... 
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                        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, 'The
ali... 
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                        LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 18
V1 An unfriendly man is selfish.
He is not sensible.
 V2 A foo 
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                        See Proverbs 31:10-21. When a man marries a woman, this is good. See
Genesis 2:20-24. God has been good to them, so they love each other.
They should look after each other. They should encourage and h... 
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                        WHOSO FINDETH A WIFE... — One who deserves the name of wife, as the
one described in Proverbs 31:10, _sqq.
_... 
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                        מָצָ֣א אִ֭שָּׁה מָ֣צָא טֹ֑וב וַ
יָּ֥פֶק רָ֝צֹ 
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                        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 a nat... 
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                        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
"q... 
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                        [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).... 
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                        Good wife. Good is not in Hebrew, but should be understood, as it is
expressed in the Complutensian (Calmet) and Alexandrian Septuagint.
(Haydock) --- He that, &c., occurs not in Hebrew, Sixtus V, &c.... 
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                        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 won... 
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                        THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe... 
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                        [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 other... 
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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 his own ut... 
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                        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 wife is ab... 
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                        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 of a ma... 
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                        Proverbs 18:22 finds H4672 (H8804) wife H802 finds H4672 (H8804) good
H2896 obtains H6329 (H8686) favor... 
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                        CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The only zone of safety is the name of the Lord which is
the strong tower in which one may find rest and be fortified again... 
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                        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, a... 
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                        _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 mode... 
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                        PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 18:22 This verse refers to both the human
action (FINDS) and the divine governance (FROM THE LORD) that results
in a marriage. The description of the wife as... 
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                        _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 nothing... 
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                        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 INTERMEDDLETH W... 
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                        Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks and
intermeddleth with all wisdom. A fool has no delight in understanding,
but that his heart may discover itself. When the wicked comes, then
com... 
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                        1 Corinthians 7:2; Ecclesiastes 9:9; Genesis 24:67; Genesis 29:20;... 
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                        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....