House and riches {are} the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife {is} from the LORD.

A virtuous woman {is} a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed {is} as rottenness in his bones.

{Whoso} findeth a wife findeth a good {thing}, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

She {is} more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou {art} a virtuous woman. {city: Heb. gate}

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge {are} a precious jewel.

Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

For wisdom {is} better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom {is} above rubies. {coral: or, Ramoth}

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

{Whoso} findeth a wife findeth a good {thing}, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.

{To be} discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

House and riches {are} the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife {is} from the LORD.

And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou {art} a virtuous woman. {city: Heb. gate}

A virtuous woman {is} a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed {is} as rottenness in his bones.

Now the name of the man {was} Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and {she was} a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man {was} churlish and evil in his doings; and he {was} of the house of Caleb.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things {are} honest, whatsoever things {are} just, whatsoever things {are} pure, whatsoever things {are} lovely, whatsoever things {are} of good report; if {there be} any virtue, and if {there be} any praise, think on these things. {honest: or, venerable}

And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this {is} an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.

She {is} more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom {is} above rubies. {coral: or, Ramoth}

(She {is} loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:

And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed {be} the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye {are} witnesses this day.

According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that {pertain} unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: {to: or, by}

And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;

And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, {even} four rows of stones: {the first} row {shall be} a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: {this shall be} the first row. {set...: Heb. fill in it fillings of stone} {sardius: or, ruby}

For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:

That our sons {may be} as plants grown up in their youth; {that} our daughters {may be} as corner stones, polished {after} the similitude of a palace: {polished: Heb. cut}