Bible Cross References
findeth a wife
Proverbs 5:15-23
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Be faithful to your own wife and give your love to her alone.
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Children that you have by other women will do you no good.
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Your children should grow up to help you, not strangers.
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So be happy with your wife and find your joy with the woman you married---
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pretty and graceful as a deer. Let her charms keep you happy; let her surround you with her love.
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Son, why should you give your love to another woman? Why should you prefer the charms of another man's wife?
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The LORD sees everything you do. Wherever you go, he is watching.
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The sins of the wicked are a trap. They get caught in the net of their own sin.
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They die because they have no self-control. Their utter stupidity will send them to their graves.
Proverbs 12:4
A good wife is her husband's pride and joy; but a wife who brings shame on her husband is like a cancer in his bones.
Proverbs 19:14
A man can inherit a house and money from his parents, but only the LORD can give him a sensible wife.
Proverbs 31:10-31
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How hard it is to find a capable wife! She is worth far more than jewels!
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Her husband puts his confidence in her, and he will never be poor.
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As long as she lives, she does him good and never harm.
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She keeps herself busy making wool and linen cloth.
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She brings home food from out-of-the-way places, as merchant ships do.
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She gets up before daylight to prepare food for her family and to tell her servant women what to do.
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She looks at land and buys it, and with money she has earned she plants a vineyard.
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She is a hard worker, strong and industrious.
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She knows the value of everything she makes, and works late into the night.
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She spins her own thread and weaves her own cloth.
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She is generous to the poor and needy.
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She doesn't worry when it snows, because her family has warm clothing.
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She makes bedspreads and wears clothes of fine purple linen.
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Her husband is well known, one of the leading citizens.
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She makes clothes and belts, and sells them to merchants.
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She is strong and respected and not afraid of the future.
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She speaks with a gentle wisdom.
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She is always busy and looks after her family's needs.
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Her children show their appreciation, and her husband praises her.
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He says, "Many women are good wives, but you are the best of them all."
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Charm is deceptive and beauty disappears, but a woman who honors the LORD should be praised.
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Give her credit for all she does. She deserves the respect of everyone.
Genesis 24:67
Then Isaac brought Rebecca into the tent that his mother Sarah had lived in, and she became his wife. Isaac loved Rebecca, and so he was comforted for the loss of his mother.
Genesis 29:20
Jacob worked seven years so that he could have Rachel, and the time seemed like only a few days to him, because he loved her.
Genesis 29:21
Then Jacob said to Laban, "The time is up; let me marry your daughter."
Genesis 29:28
Jacob agreed, and when the week of marriage celebrations was over, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Enjoy life with the one you love, as long as you live the useless life that God has given you in this world. Enjoy every useless day of it, because that is all you will get for all your trouble.
Hosea 12:12
Our ancestor Jacob had to flee to Mesopotamia, where, in order to get a wife, he worked for another man and took care of his sheep.
1 Corinthians 7:2
But because there is so much immorality, every man should have his own wife, and every woman should have her own husband.
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Proverbs 3:4
If you do this, both God and people will be pleased with you.
Proverbs 8:35
Those who find me find life, and the LORD will be pleased with them.