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The Noble Wife - The biblical view of the
noble wife
What is the biblical descripption of a good wife?
Proverbs 31:10-29, TLB
"If you can find a truly good wife, she
is worth more than precious
gems! Her husband can trust her, and she will richly satisfy his
needs.
. . .She is energetic, a hard worker, and watches for bargains.
She
works far into the night! She sews for the poor, and generously
gives
to the needy. . .She is a woman of strength and dignity, and has
no
fear of old age. When she speaks, her words are wise, and kindness
is
the rule for everything she says. She watches carefully all that
goes
on throughout her household, and is never lazy. Her children stand
and
bless her; so does her husband. He praises her with these words;
'There
are many fine women in the world, but you are the best of them
all!'
Should the noble wife do all the giving?
No! Marriage requires submission by both
partners.
Ephesians
5:21, NIV. Submit to one another out of love
How should the noble wife relate
to her husband?
Ephesians 5:22-24, TLB
You wives must submit to your husbands
leadership
in the same way you submit to the Lord. For a husband is in charge
of
his wife in the same way Christ is in charge of His body the church.
(He gave His very life to take care of it and be its Savior!) So
you
wives must willingly obey your husbands in everything, just as
the church
obeys Christ." I Peter 3:1-5, NIV says, "Wives, in the same way be
submissive
to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word,
they
may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when
they
see the purity and reverence of your lives. Your beauty should
not come
from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of
gold
jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner
self,
the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great
worth in God's sight. For this is the way the holy women of the
past
who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful.
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