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Pro_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 utmost industry - as {Gen_24:1-9} Isaac went forth to pray, and his servant went forth to seek - findeth a fit and faithful yoke fellow - called here "a wife," that is, "a good wife," as Ecc_7:1. A name is put for a good name, and as Isa_1:18, wool is put for white wool: every married woman is not a wife; a bad woman is but the shadow of a wife; {a} according to Lamech’s second wife’s name, Zillah. "He findeth a good thing," a singular blessing, and such as should draw from him abundance of thanks. He may well say, as they were wont to do at Athens when they were married, åöõôïí êáêïí, åõñïí áìåéíïí . I have left a worse condition, and found a better. {b} If any be the worse for a wife, for a good wife especially, it is from his own corrupt heart, that, like a toad, turns all it takes into rank poison.
{a} Hilbah: id est, umbra ipsius, quomodo. - Menander, öéëïõ óêéáí dixit.
{b} Zenodo. Prov.