Finding A Wife

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.

Delight thyself also in Jehovah; And he will give thee the desires of thy heart.

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →

House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:

But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, And rageth against all sound wisdom. — read the full passage →

and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?

For no word from God shall be void of power.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting. — read the full passage →

And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and Jehovah had blessed Abraham in all things. — read the full passage →

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — read the full passage →

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table.

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her. And Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth. — read the full passage →

Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.

My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding: — read the full passage →

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →

But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; And the law of kindness is on her tongue.

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

A fool hath no delight in understanding, But only that his heart may reveal itself.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.

But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — read the full passage →

He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, And rageth against all sound wisdom.

And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. — read the full passage →

A brother offendedis harder to be won than a strong city; Andsuchcontentions are like the bars of a castle.

and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; — read the full passage →

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. — read the full passage →

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

He that giveth answer before he heareth, It is folly and shame unto him.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

The heart of her husband trusteth in her, And he shall have no lack of gain.

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

and seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife; — read the full passage →

Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yea, four which I know not: — read the full passage →

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →

Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden? — read the full passage →

For there are eunuchs, that were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are eunuchs, that were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, that made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her.

It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger; — read the full passage →

When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be charged with any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he hath taken.

and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. — read the full passage →

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as worshipped not the beast, neither his image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →

Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; Buta woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

She perceiveth that her merchandise is profitable; Her lamp goeth not out by night.

She girdeth her loins with strength, And maketh strong her arms.

And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place. — read the full passage →

Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husbandalso, and he praiseth her, saying:

And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? — read the full passage →

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →