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Bible Verses About Wife

171 verses · 13 aspects

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

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

  3. She layeth her hands to the distaff, And her hands hold the spindle.

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

  5. She is not afraid of the snow for her household; For all her household are clothed with scarlet.

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

  7. Her husband is known in the gates, When he sitteth among the elders of the land.

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

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

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

  11. She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness.

  12. Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husbandalso, and he praiseth her, saying:

  13. Many daughters have done worthily, But thou excellest them all.

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

  15. Give her of the fruit of her hands; And let her works praise her in the gates.

  16. But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

  17. Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

  18. The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power over his own body, but the wife.

  19. Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

  20. But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

  21. But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband

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

  23. 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.

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

  25. 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.