Wives Nagging

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

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

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

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

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

For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O husband, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — 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

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

and if she herself shall put away her husband, and marry another, she committeth adultery.

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

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

For they that have served well as deacons gain to themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.

(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;

And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

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.

holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

Moreover he must have good testimony from them that are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

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

Yet if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart: the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us in peace.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

And the woman that hath an unbelieving husband, and he is content to dwell with her, let her not leave her husband.

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.

(but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife.

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

so that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her:

And in the house the disciples asked him again of this matter.

and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife;

But from the beginning of the creation, Male and female made he them.

But Jesus said unto them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.

And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.