Finding A Wife

<FI> Whoso<Fi> hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies <FI>is<Fi> her price. — read the full passage →

House and wealth <FI>are<Fi> the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> an understanding wife.

And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper--as his counterpart.'

A virtuous woman <FI>is<Fi> a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones <FI>is<Fi> one causing shame.

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman, — read the full passage →

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies <FI>is<Fi> her price.

Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than <FI>with<Fi> a woman of contentions and a house of company.

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

but I--I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness?

honourable <FI>is<Fi> the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity, — read the full passage →

A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will--only in the Lord;

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

For <FI>an object of<Fi> desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth. — read the full passage →

and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be--the two--for one flesh?

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →

And Abraham <FI>is<Fi> old, he hath entered into days, and Jehovah hath blessed Abraham in all <FI>things<Fi> ; — read the full passage →

but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord; — read the full passage →

Thy wife <FI>is<Fi> as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as olive plants around thy table.

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made <FI>them<Fi> , from the beginning a male and a female made them, — read the full passage →

the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

and Isaac bringeth her in unto the tent of Sarah his mother, and he taketh Rebekah, and she becometh his wife, and he loveth her, and Isaac is comforted after <FI>the death of<Fi> his mother.

Women--in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.

Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him: — read the full passage →

Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth, — read the full passage →

Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.

My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear, — read the full passage →

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

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

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, — read the full passage →

and if they have not continence--let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;

Her mouth she hath opened in wisdom, And the law of kindness <FI>is<Fi> on her tongue.

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

A fool delighteth not in understanding, But--in uncovering his heart.

`for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be--the two--for one flesh;'

And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I <FI>am<Fi> ;

A calamity to his father <FI>is<Fi> a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife <FI>are<Fi> a continual dropping.

because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ <FI>is<Fi> head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love, — read the full passage →

For <FI>an object of<Fi> desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth.

And Samson goeth down to Timnath, and seeth a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines, — read the full passage →

A brother transgressed against is as a strong city, And contentions as the bar of a palace.

and above all these things, <FI>have<Fi> love, which is a bond of the perfection,

flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won, — read the full passage →

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman, — read the full passage →

The two <FI>are<Fi> better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour. — read the full passage →

Unto the woman He said, `Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear children, and toward thy husband <FI>is<Fi> thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.'

and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;

Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

and now there doth remain faith, hope, love--these three; and the greatest of these <FI>is<Fi> love.

The heart of her husband hath trusted in her, And spoil he lacketh not.

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

and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband:

Defraud not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence;

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman,

and hast seen in the captivity a woman of fair form, and hast delighted in her, and hast taken to thee for a wife, — read the full passage →

so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife--himself he doth love;

Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known: — read the full passage →

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies <FI>is<Fi> her price. — read the full passage →

And the serpent hath been subtile above every beast of the field which Jehovah God hath made, and he saith unto the woman, `Is it true that God hath said, Ye do not eat of every tree of the garden?' — read the full passage →

for there are eunuchs who from the mother's womb were so born; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who kept themselves eunuchs because of the reign of the heavens: he who is able to receive <FI> it<Fi> --let him receive.'

And to the rest I speak--not the Lord--if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away;

Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than <FI>with<Fi> a woman of contentions and anger.

My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand, — read the full passage →

`When a man taketh a new wife, he doth not go out into the host, and <FI>one<Fi> doth not pass over unto him for anything; free he is at his own house one year, and hath rejoiced his wife whom he hath taken.

And Jehovah God buildeth up the rib which He hath taken out of the man into a woman, and bringeth her in unto the man; — read the full passage →

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not bow before the beast, nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand, and they did live and reign with Christ the thousand years;

The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. — read the full passage →

for I wish all men to be even as I myself <FI>am<Fi> ; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus.

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

The grace <FI>is<Fi> false, and the beauty <FI>is<Fi> vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself. — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

She hath perceived when her merchandise <FI>is<Fi> good, Her lamp is not extinguished in the night.

She hath girded with might her loins, And doth strengthen her arms.

And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place, — read the full passage →

Her sons have risen up, and pronounce her happy, Her husband, and he praiseth her,

And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?' — read the full passage →

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →