Nagging Woman

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

A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:

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

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

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

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

A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike: — read the full passage →

Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; Buta woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.

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

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

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.

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

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

And withal they learn also to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

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

Asa ring of gold in a swine’s snout, So isa fair woman that is without discretion.

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

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

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 →

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 →

And he said unto his disciples, It is impossible but that occasions of stumbling should come; but woe unto him, through whom they come! — read the full passage →

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

Strength and dignity are her clothing; And she laugheth at the time to come.

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

She seeketh wool and flax, And worketh willingly with her hands.

And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.

These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. — read the full passage →

Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house: for he is such a worthless fellow, that one cannot speak to him.

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

She maketh linen garments and selleth them, And delivereth girdles unto the merchant.

She is like the merchant-ships; She bringeth her bread from afar.

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee; — read the full passage →

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.

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 →

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

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

She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; Yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.

A gracious woman obtaineth honor; And violent men obtain riches.

And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto death.

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren: — read the full passage →

And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

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

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

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

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

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

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

A word fitly spoken Islikeapples of gold in network of silver.

For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit. — read the full passage →

And her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them, — read the full passage →

And there were given to the woman the two wings of the great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness unto her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

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;

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

Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water; — read the full passage →

She considereth a field, and buyeth it; With the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

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

He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil.

Boast not thyself of to-morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. — read the full passage →

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar! — read the full passage →

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest. — read the full passage →

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. — read the full passage →

neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock.

For after this manner aforetime the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands: — read the full passage →

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this were unprofitable for you.

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.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. — read the full passage →

speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; — read the full passage →

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

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

The king’s heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will. — read the full passage →

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh; every one that heareth will laugh with me.

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