Virtuous Wife

The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →

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

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

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

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

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

To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: — read the full passage →

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

And God spake all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:

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

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. — read the full passage →

Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; — read the full passage →

Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.

Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

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

The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? — read the full passage →

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

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

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.

And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →

Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. — read the full passage →

I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: — read the full passage →

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

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. — 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.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.

And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.

Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: — read the full passage →

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. — read the full passage →

And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. — read the full passage →

Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.

When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.

If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. — read the full passage →

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.