Bible Verses About Women

I've spread quilts on my couch made of colored Egyptian linen.

I've perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.

Come on, let's make love till morning; we'll enjoy making love.

My husband isn't at home, he's gone on a long trip;

he took a bag of money with him and won't be back till the moon is full."

With all her sweet talk she convinces him, enticing him with her seductive words.

At once he follows her like an ox on its way to be slaughtered; like a fool to be punished in the stocks;

or like a bird rushing into a trap, not knowing its life is at stake till an arrow pierces its liver.

So now, children, listen to me; pay attention to what I am saying.

Don't let your heart turn to her ways; don't stray onto her paths.

For many are those she has struck down dead, numerous those she has killed.

Her house is the way to Sh'ol; it leads down to the halls of death.

A gracious woman obtains honor; aggressive men obtain wealth.

Like a gold ring in the snout of a pig is a beautiful woman who lacks good sense.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A leak that keeps dripping on a rainy day and the nagging of a wife are the same -

whoever can restrain her can restrain the wind or keep perfume on his hand from making itself known.

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