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Proverbs 19:14
You will receive houses and wealth from your parents. But a wise wife is given by the Lord.
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Proverbs 12:4
An excellent woman is her husband’s crown. But a wife who brings shame is like sickness in his bones.
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Proverbs 31:10-31
Who can find an excellent woman? She is worth far more than rubies.Her husband trusts her completely. She gives him all the important things he needs.She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.She chooses wool and flax. She loves to work with her hands.She is like the ships of traders. She brings her food from far away.She gets up while it is still night. She provides food for her family. She also gives some to her female servants.She considers a field and buys it. She uses some of the money she earns to plant a vineyard.She gets ready to work hard. Her arms are strong.She sees that her trading earns a lot of money. Her lamp doesn’t go out at night.With one hand she holds the wool. With the other she spins the thread.She opens her arms to those who are poor. She reaches out her hands to those who are needy.When it snows, she’s not afraid for her family. All of them are dressed in the finest clothes.She makes her own bed coverings. She is dressed in fine linen and purple clothes.Her husband is respected at the city gate. There he takes his seat among the elders of the land.She makes linen clothes and sells them. She supplies belts to the traders.She puts on strength and honor as if they were her clothes. She can laugh at the days that are coming.She speaks wisely. She teaches faithfully.She watches over family matters. She is busy all the time.Her children stand up and call her blessed. Her husband also rises up, and he praises her.He says,“ Many women do excellent things. But you are better than all the others.”Charm can fool you. Beauty fades. But a woman who has respect for the Lord should be praised.Give her honor for all that her hands have done. Let everything she has done bring praise to her at the city gate.
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Ecclesiastes 9:9
You love your wife. So enjoy life with her. Do it all the days of this meaningless life God has given you on earth. That’s what he made you for. That’s what you get for all your hard work on earth.
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Proverbs 5:15-23
Drink water from your own well. Drink running water from your own spring.Should your springs pour out into the streets? Should your streams of water pour out in public places?No! Let them belong to you alone. Never share them with strangers.May your fountain be blessed. May the wife you married when you were young make you happy.She is like a loving doe, a graceful deer. May her breasts always satisfy you. May you always be captured by her love.My son, why be captured by another man’s wife? Why hug a woman who has gone astray?The Lord watches your ways. He studies all your paths.Sinners are trapped by their own evil acts. They are held tight by the ropes of their sins.They will die because they refused to be corrected. Their sins will capture them because they were very foolish.
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1 Corinthians 7 2
But since sexual sin is happening, each man should sleep with his own wife. And each woman should sleep with her own husband.
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Genesis 2:18
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
Isaac brought Rebekah into the tent that had belonged to his mother Sarah. And he married Rebekah. She became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother died.
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Genesis 29:20-21
So Jacob worked for seven years so he could marry Rachel. But they seemed like only a few days to him because he loved her so much.Then Jacob said to Laban,“ Give me my wife. I’ve completed my time. I want to sleep with her.”
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Proverbs 8:35
Those who find me find life. They receive blessing from the Lord.
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Hosea 12:12
Jacob ran away to the country of Aram. There Israel served Laban to get a wife. He took care of sheep to pay for her.
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Genesis 29:28
So Jacob completed the week with Leah. Then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.
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Proverbs 3:4
Then you will find favor and a good name in the eyes of God and people.