Good Wife

Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

Who can find a worthy woman? 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 Yahweh.

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;

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

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.

She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her tongue. — 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.

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

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; — read the full passage →

The heart of her husband trusts in her. He shall have no lack of gain. — read the full passage →

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

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

The heart of her husband trusts in her. He shall have no lack of gain.

Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word; — read the full passage →

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. — read the full passage →

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

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

For this is how the holy women before, who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bear children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.

But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. — read the full passage →

What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection. — read the full passage →

Her husband is respected in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.

but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God very precious.

But say the things which fit sound doctrine, — read the full passage →

She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard.

She arms her waist with strength, and makes her arms strong.

For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

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

“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love; — read the full passage →

She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

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

A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:

But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband — read the full passage →

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you now are, if you do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing;

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →

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

An unfriendly man pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment. — read the full passage →

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

for neither was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.

seeing your pure behavior in fear.

Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →

She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her tongue.

Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

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

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

Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them. — read the full passage →

If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing.

She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn’t eat the bread of idleness.

The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the oracle: the man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal: — read the full passage →

Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.

Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

She makes for herself carpets of tapestry. Her clothing is fine linen and purple.

Give her of the fruit of her hands! Let her works praise her in the gates!

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;