Proverbs 18:22-24

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He who finds a [^[a]true and faithful] wife finds a good thing
And obtains favor and approval from the Lord.^(A)
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The poor man pleads,
But the rich man answers roughly.
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The man of too many friends [chosen indiscriminately] will be broken in pieces and come to ruin,
But there is a [true, loving] friend who [is reliable and] sticks closer than a brother.

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Footnotes

Proverbs 18:22 In Jewish tradition it is said that in Israel, they used to ask a man who had married, “Matsa or motse?” “Matsa” is the Hebrew for “finds” here, where a good wife is in view, and “motse” is the word for “found” (NASB “discovered”) in Eccl 7:26.