Proverbs 18:22
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He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
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Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.
Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife— for a wife he tended sheep.
Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.
And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.