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Proverbs 19:14
Fathers can give their sons an inheritance of houses and wealth, but only the Lord can give an understanding wife.
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Proverbs 12:4
A worthy wife is a crown for her husband, but a disgraceful woman is like cancer in his bones.
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Proverbs 31:10-31
Who can find a virtuous and capable wife? She is more precious than rubies.Her husband can trust her, and she will greatly enrich his life.She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.She finds wool and flax and busily spins it.She is like a merchant’s ship, bringing her food from afar.She gets up before dawn to prepare breakfast for her household and plan the day’s work for her servant girls.She goes to inspect a field and buys it; with her earnings she plants a vineyard.She is energetic and strong, a hard worker.She makes sure her dealings are profitable; her lamp burns late into the night.Her hands are busy spinning thread, her fingers twisting fiber.She extends a helping hand to the poor and opens her arms to the needy.She has no fear of winter for her household, for everyone has warm clothes.She makes her own bedspreads. She dresses in fine linen and purple gowns.Her husband is well known at the city gates, where he sits with the other civic leaders.She makes belted linen garments and sashes to sell to the merchants.She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.When she speaks, her words are wise, and she gives instructions with kindness.She carefully watches everything in her household and suffers nothing from laziness.Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her:“ There are many virtuous and capable women in the world, but you surpass them all!”Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last; but a woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised.Reward her for all she has done. Let her deeds publicly declare her praise.
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Ecclesiastes 9:9
Live happily with the woman you love through all the meaningless days of life that God has given you under the sun. The wife God gives you is your reward for all your earthly toil.
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Proverbs 5:15-23
Drink water from your own well— share your love only with your wife.Why spill the water of your springs in the streets, having sex with just anyone?You should reserve it for yourselves. Never share it with strangers.Let your wife be a fountain of blessing for you. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.She is a loving deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts satisfy you always. May you always be captivated by her love.Why be captivated, my son, by an immoral woman, or fondle the breasts of a promiscuous woman?For the Lord sees clearly what a man does, examining every path he takes.An evil man is held captive by his own sins; they are ropes that catch and hold him.He will die for lack of self control; he will be lost because of his great foolishness.
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1 Corinthians 7 2
But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.
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Genesis 2:18
Then the Lord God said,“ It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.”
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Genesis 24:67
And Isaac brought Rebekah into his mother Sarah’s tent, and she became his wife. He loved her deeply, and she was a special comfort to him after the death of his mother.
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Genesis 29:20-21
So Jacob worked seven years to pay for Rachel. But his love for her was so strong that it seemed to him but a few days.Finally, the time came for him to marry her.“ I have fulfilled my agreement,” Jacob said to Laban.“ Now give me my wife so I can sleep with her.”
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Proverbs 8:35
For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the Lord.
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Hosea 12:12
Jacob fled to the land of Aram, and there he earned a wife by tending sheep.
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Genesis 29:28
So Jacob agreed to work seven more years. A week after Jacob had married Leah, Laban gave him Rachel, too.
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Proverbs 3:4
Then you will find favor with both God and people, and you will earn a good reputation.
