Titus 2:5
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5 to be self-controlled, chaste, good managers of the household, kind, submissive to their husbands, so that the word of God may not be discredited.(A)
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Proverbs 31:10-31
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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)
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her,
and he will have no lack of gain.
12 She does him good and not harm
all the days of her life.
13 She seeks wool and flax
and works with willing hands.(B)
14 She is like the ships of the merchant;
she brings her food from far away.
15 She rises while it is still night
and provides food for her household
and tasks for her female servants.(C)
16 She considers a field and buys it;
with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.
17 She girds herself with strength
and makes her arms strong.
18 She perceives that her merchandise is profitable.
Her lamp does not go out at night.
19 She puts her hands to the distaff,
and her hands hold the spindle.
20 She opens her hand to the poor
and reaches out her hands to the needy.(D)
21 She is not afraid for her household when it snows,
for all her household are clothed in crimson.(E)
22 She makes herself coverings;
her clothing is fine linen and purple.
23 Her husband is known in the city gates,
taking his seat among the elders of the land.(F)
24 She makes linen garments and sells them;
she supplies the merchant with sashes.
25 Strength and dignity are her clothing,
and she laughs at the time to come.(G)
26 She opens her mouth with wisdom,
and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.(H)
27 She looks well to the ways of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.(I)
28 Her children rise up and call her happy;
her husband, too, and he praises her:
29 “Many women have done excellently,
but you surpass them all.”(J)
30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.(K)
31 Give her a share in the fruit of her hands,
and let her works praise her in the city gates.
Colossians 3:18
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Rules for Christian Households
18 Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.(A)
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Genesis 3:16
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16 To the woman he said,
“I will make your pangs in childbirth exceedingly great;
in pain you shall bring forth children,
yet your desire shall be for your husband,
and he shall rule over you.”(A)
1 Peter 3:1-5
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Wives and Husbands
3 Wives, in the same way, be subject to your husbands, so that, even if some of them do not obey the word, they may be won over without a word by their wives’ conduct,(A) 2 when they see the purity and respect of your conduct. 3 Do not adorn yourselves outwardly by braiding your hair and by wearing gold ornaments or fine clothing;(B) 4 rather, let your adornment be the inner self with the lasting beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God’s sight.(C) 5 It was in this way long ago that the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves by being subject to their husbands.
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1 Timothy 5:10
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10 she must be well attested for her good works, as one who has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the saints’ feet, helped the afflicted, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.(A)
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1 Timothy 5:13-14
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13 Besides that, they learn to be idle, gadding about from house to house, and they are not merely idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not say.(A) 14 So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, and manage their households, so as to give the adversary no occasion to revile us.(B)
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Ephesians 5:33
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33 Each of you, however, should love his wife as himself, and a wife should respect[a] her husband.
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- 5.33 Or fear
1 Timothy 6:1
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6 Let all who are under the yoke of slavery regard their masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be blasphemed.(A)
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Ephesians 5:22-24
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The Christian Household
22 Wives, be subject[a] to your husbands as to the Lord,(A) 23 for the husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.(B) 24 Just as the church is subject to Christ, so also wives ought to be, in everything, to their husbands.
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- 5.22 Gk lacks be subject
1 Corinthians 11:3
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3 But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man[a] is the head of the woman,[b] and God is the head of Christ.(A)
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Acts 9:36
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Peter in Lydda and Joppa
36 Now in Joppa there was a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which in Greek is Dorcas.[a] She was devoted to good works and acts of charity.(A)
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- 9.36 Tabitha in Aramaic and Dorcas in Greek mean a gazelle
Proverbs 7:11
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11 She is loud and wayward;
her feet do not stay at home;(A)
1 Corinthians 14:34
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34 Women should be silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak but should be subordinate, as the law also says.(A)
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Romans 2:24
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24 For, as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed[a] among the gentiles because of you.”(A)
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- 2.24 Or despised
Acts 9:39
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39 So Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived, they took him to the room upstairs. All the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was with them.(A)
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Psalm 74:10
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10 How long, O God, is the foe to scoff?
Is the enemy to revile your name forever?(A)
2 Samuel 12:14
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14 Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the Lord,[a] the child born to you shall die.”(A)
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- 12.14 Cn: Heb scorned the enemies of the Lord
Genesis 18:9
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9 They said to him, “Where is your wife Sarah?” And he said, “There, in the tent.”
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Genesis 16:8-9
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8 And he said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She said, “I am running away from my mistress Sarai.” 9 The angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit to her.”
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