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Bible Verses About Wife

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  1. Moreover, the noble ladies of Persia and Media who hear of the queen's conduct will mention it to all the king's officials, which will bring about no end of disrespect and discord.

  2. If it pleases his majesty, let him issue a royal decree - and let it be written as one of the laws of the Persians and Medes, which are irrevocable - that Vashti is never again to be admitted into the presence of King Achashverosh, and that the king give her royal position to someone better than she.

  3. When the edict made by the king is proclaimed throughout the length and breadth of the kingdom, then all wives will honor their husbands, whether great or small."

  4. This advice pleased the king and the officials, so the king did what Memukhan had suggested -

  5. he sent letters to all the royal provinces, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, that every man should be master in his own house and speak the language of his own people.

  6. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner parts of your house. Your children around the table will be like shoots from an olive tree.

  7. This is the kind of blessing that will fall on him who fears ADONAI.

  8. A capable wife is a crown for her husband, but a shameful one is like rot in his bones.

  9. Every wise woman builds up her home, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

  10. He who finds a wife finds a great good; he has won the favor of ADONAI.

  11. A son who is a fool is his father's ruin, and a nagging wife is like a leak that keeps dripping.

  12. A house and wealth are inherited from ancestors, but a sensible wife is from ADONAI.

  13. It is better to live on a corner of the roof than to share the house with a nagging wife.

  14. It is better to live in the desert than with a nagging, irritable wife.

  15. It is better to live on a corner of the roof than to share the house with a nagging wife.

  16. Three things make the earth quake, four things it can't bear -

  17. a slave who becomes king, a boor gorged with food,

  18. a hated [wife] when her husband takes her [back], and a slave-girl who inherits from her mistress.

  19. Who can find a capable wife? Her value is far beyond that of pearls.

  20. Her husband trusts her from his heart, and she will prove a great asset to him.

  21. She works to bring him good, not harm, all the days of her life.

  22. She procures a supply of wool and flax and works with willing hands.

  23. She is like those merchant vessels, bringing her food from far away.

  24. It's still dark when she rises to give food to her household and orders to the young women serving her.

  25. She considers a field, then buys it, and from her earnings she plants a vineyard.