All Bible texts are from the King James Version.
Proverbs 12:4 "A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones."
Proverbs 31:10 - 31
"Who can find
a virtuous woman?
for her price is far above rubies.
The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall
have no need of spoil.
She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her
household, and a portion to her maidens.
She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she
planteth a vineyard.
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out
by night.
She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her
hands to the needy.
She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household
are clothed with scarlet.
She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and
purple.
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of
the land.
She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the
merchant.
Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to
come.
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of
kindness.
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread
of idleness.
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he
praiseth her.
Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the
LORD, she shall be praised.
Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in
the gates."
Ephesians 5:31 "For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh."
Matthew 19:4 - 6
"And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not
read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and
female,
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall
cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God
hath joined together, let not man put asunder."
Ephesians 5:22 - 24
"Wives, submit yourselves unto your own
husbands, as unto the Lord.
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ
is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to
their own husbands in every thing."
Colossians 3:18 "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord."
"If a husband commands a wife to disobey God, then obedience could not be fit in the Lord." Bible Handbook by S. N. Haskell, p. 62.
Ephesians 5:33 "Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband."
Titus 2:3 - 5
"The aged women likewise, that they be in
behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much
wine, teachers of good things;
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love
their husbands, to love their children,
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own
husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed."
Proverbs 19:13 "A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping."
Proverbs 21:19 "It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman."
1 Corinthians 7:10 - 16
"And unto the married I command, yet not
I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to
her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that
believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put
her away.
And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not,
and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the
unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children
unclean; but now are they holy.
But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother
or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us
to peace.
For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or
how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?"
Romans 7:2, 3 "For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man."
Mark 10:12 "And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery."
Matthew 5:32 "But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery."
"Nothing but the violation of the marriage bed can either break or annul the marriage vow. . . . Men are not at liberty to make a standard of law for themselves, to avoid God's law and please their own inclination. . . . God gave only one cause why a wife should leave her husband, or the husband leave his wife, which was adultery. Let this ground be prayerfully considered." Adventist Home by Ellen G. White, p. 342.
"Woman should fill the position which God originally designed for her, as her husband's equal. The world needs mothers who are mothers not merely in name but in every sense of the word. We may safely say that the distinctive duties of woman are more sacred, more holy, than those of man. Let woman realize the sacredness of her work and in the strength and fear of God take up her life mission. Let her educate her children for usefulness in this world and for a home in the better world.
"The wife and mother should not
sacrifice her strength and allow her powers to lie dormant, leaning
wholly upon her husband. Her individuality cannot be merged in his. She
should feel that she is her husband's equal-- to stand by his side, she
faithful at her post of duty and he at his. Her work in the education
of her children is in every respect as elevating and ennobling as any
post of duty he may be called to fill, even if it is to be the chief
magistrate of the nation."
Adventist Home p. 231.
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