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- The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
- And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
- For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
- To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
- The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.” …
- Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
- In this way indeed shall blessing come to the man who fears the LORD.
- A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
- Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
- He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
- A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
- Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
- Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
- Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: …
- A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies. …
- But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. …
- To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. …
- How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
- Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife. …
- I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord. …
- So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better. …
- But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
- A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. …
- In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.
- For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.
- Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.
- If they wish to inquire about something, they are to ask their own husbands at home; for it is dishonorable for a woman to speak in the church.
- Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. …
- In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
- “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
- Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
- Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
- Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
- In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.
- A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, faithful to her husband,
- …and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work.
- So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.
- Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good. …
- Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives …