A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. A capable wife is her husband’s crown, but a wife who causes shame is like rottenness in his bones. A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, but a wife who puts him to shame is like bone cancer.
A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. | Proverbs 31:10
A kindhearted woman gains honor, but ruthless men gain only wealth. | Proverbs 11:16
A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones. | Proverbs 12:4
An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones. | Proverbs 12:4
But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. | Matthew 5:28
Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate. | Psalm 127:3-5
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates. | Proverbs 31:30-31
Her husband trusts her completely. With her, he has everything he needs. She does him good and not harm for as long as she lives. | Proverbs 31:11-12
However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. | Ephesians 5:33
If I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth. | 1 Timothy 3:15
It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife. | Proverbs 21:9
Jesus said to him, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ | Matthew 22:37
Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, | 1 Peter 3:1
Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well. | 1 Timothy 3:12
Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. | Hebrews 10:25
She is like a seagoing ship that brings her food from far away. She rises while it is still night, preparing meals for her family and providing for her women servants. | Proverbs 31:14-15
She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. | Proverbs 31:26
She looks well to the ways of her household, And does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and bless her; Her husband also, and he praises her, saying. | Proverbs 31:27-28
She is confident that her profits are sufficient. Her lamp does not go out at night. | Proverbs 31:18
She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong. | Proverbs 31:17
She designs and sells linen garments, supplying accessories to clothiers. | Proverbs 31:24
Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come. | Proverbs 31:25
So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander. | 1 Timothy 5:14
To be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. | Titus 2:5
Teach children in a way that fits their needs, and even when they are old, they will not leave the right path. | Proverbs 22:6
Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, | 1 Timothy 3:2
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. | Ephesians 5:22-24
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. | Ephesians 5:22
True virtue represents a moral excellence that is judged against the standard of the Word of God alone. Someone may be thought of as a good person by the world’s standards because they do good things. But that person may not measure up to the standards of the Word. This is true for many individuals.