Proverbs 31:10
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Ode to a Woman of Strength
10 A woman of strength who can find?
She is far more precious than jewels.(A)
Proverbs 19:14
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14 House and wealth are inherited from parents,
but a prudent wife is from the Lord.(A)
Proverbs 12:4
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4 A good wife is the crown of her husband,
but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.(A)
Proverbs 18:22
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22 He who finds a wife finds a good thing
and obtains favor from the Lord.(A)
Ephesians 5:25-33
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25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 in order to make her holy by cleansing her with the washing of water by the word, 27 so as to present the church to himself in splendor, without a spot or wrinkle or anything of the kind, so that she may be holy and without blemish.(A) 28 In the same way, husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hates his own flesh, but he nourishes and tenderly cares for it, just as Christ does for the church, 30 because we are members of his body.[a](B) 31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”(C) 32 This is a great mystery, but I am speaking about Christ and the church. 33 Each of you, however, should love his wife as himself, and a wife should respect[b] her husband.
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Proverbs 3:15
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15 She is more precious than jewels,
and nothing you desire can compare with her.(A)
Ruth 3:11
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11 And now, my daughter, do not be afraid, I will do for you all that you ask, for all the assembly of my people know that you are a worthy woman.(A)
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Proverbs 20:15
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15 There is gold and abundance of costly stones,
but the lips informed by knowledge are a precious jewel.
Ecclesiastes 7:28
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28 which my mind has sought repeatedly, but I have not found. One man among a thousand I found, but a woman among all these I have not found.
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Proverbs 8:11
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11 for wisdom is better than jewels,
and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.(A)
Job 28:18
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18 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal;
the price of wisdom is above pearls.(A)
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