TOPICAL BIBLE
Wife
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Proverbs 21:19Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.Proverbs 25:24Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.Proverbs 30:21Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:Proverbs 30:22a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,Proverbs 30:23an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.Proverbs 31:10A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.Proverbs 31:11The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value.Proverbs 31:12She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life.Proverbs 31:13She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.Proverbs 31:14She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.Proverbs 31:15She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants.Proverbs 31:16She appraises a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard.Proverbs 31:17She girds herself with strength and shows that her arms are strong.Proverbs 31:18She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.Proverbs 31:19She stretches out her hands to the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.Proverbs 31:20She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.Proverbs 31:21When it snows, she has no fear for her household, for they are all clothed in scarlet.Proverbs 31:22She makes coverings for her bed; her clothing is fine linen and purple.Proverbs 31:23Her husband is known at the city gates, where he sits among the elders of the land.Proverbs 31:24She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchants.Proverbs 31:25Strength and honor are her clothing, and she can laugh at the days to come.Proverbs 31:26She opens her mouth with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.Proverbs 31:27She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.Proverbs 31:28Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well:Proverbs 31:29“Many daughters have done noble things, but you surpass them all!”Proverbs 31:30Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.Proverbs 31:31Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her at the gates.1 Corinthians 7:2But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.1 Corinthians 7:3The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.1 Corinthians 7:4The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.1 Corinthians 7:5Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.1 Corinthians 7:6I say this as a concession, not as a command.1 Corinthians 7:10To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.1 Corinthians 7:11But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.1 Corinthians 7:12To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.1 Corinthians 7:13And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.1 Corinthians 7:14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.1 Corinthians 7:16How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?1 Corinthians 7:27Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.1 Corinthians 7:28But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.1 Corinthians 7:29What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;1 Corinthians 7:32I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord.1 Corinthians 7:33But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,1 Corinthians 7:34and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.1 Corinthians 7:38So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.1 Corinthians 7:39A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.1 Corinthians 7:40In my judgment, however, she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.1 Corinthians 11:3But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.1 Corinthians 11:4Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.1 Corinthians 11:5And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved.1 Corinthians 11:6If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.1 Corinthians 11:7A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.1 Corinthians 11:8For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.1 Corinthians 11:9Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.1 Corinthians 11:10For this reason a woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.1 Corinthians 11:11In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.1 Corinthians 11:12For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.1 Corinthians 14:34Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.1 Corinthians 14:35If they wish to inquire about something, they are to ask their own husbands at home; for it is dishonorable for a woman to speak in the church.Ephesians 5:22Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.