Wife

Question 1

Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 26:1

Answer 1

Blessed is the man that hath a virtuous wife, for the number of his days shall be double.

Question 2

Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 26:2

Answer 2

A virtuous woman rejoiceth her husband, and he shall fulfil the years of his life in peace.

Question 3

Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 26:3

Answer 3

A good wife is a good portion, which shall be given in the portion of them that fear the Lord.

Question 4

Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 26:7

Answer 4

An evil wife is a yoke shaken to and fro: he that hath hold of her is as though he held a scorpion.

Question 5

Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 26:13

Answer 5

The grace of a wife delighteth her husband, and her discretion will fatten his bones.

Question 6

Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 26:16.

Answer 6

As the sun when it ariseth in the high heaven; so is the beauty of a good wife in the ordering of her house.

Question 7

Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 26:22

Answer 7

An harlot shall be accounted as spittle; but a married woman is a tower against death to her husband.

Question 8

Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 26:23

Answer 8

A wicked woman is given as a portion to a wicked man: but a godly woman is given to him that feareth the Lord.

Question 9

Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 26:24

Answer 9

A dishonest woman contemneth shame: but an honest woman will reverence her husband.

Question 10

Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 26:26

Answer 10

A woman that honoureth her husband shall be judged wise of all; but she that dishonoureth him in her pride shall be counted ungodly of all.

Question 11

Genesis 3:16

Answer 11

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

Question 12

Genesis 2:18

Answer 12

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

Question 13

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Answer 13

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that {is} thy portion in {this} life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun. {Live…: Heb. See, or, Enjoy life}

Question 14

Proverbs 19:14

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Proverbs 19:13

Answer 15

A foolish son {is} the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife {are} a continual dropping.

Question 16

Proverbs 18:22

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Proverbs 5:18

Answer 17

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

Question 18

Luke 17:32

Answer 18

Remember Lot’s wife.

Question 19

1Corinthians 7:2

Answer 19

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

Question 20

1Corinthians 7:3

Answer 20

Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

Question 21

1Corinthians 7:4

Answer 21

The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

Question 22

1Corinthians 7:10-11

Answer 22

And unto the married I command, {yet} not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from {her} husband:

But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to {her} husband: and let not the husband put away {his} wife.

Question 23

1Corinthians 7:34

Answer 23

There is difference {also} between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please {her} husband.

Question 24

1Corinthians 7:39

Answer 24

The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

Question 25

Ephesians 5:23

Answer 25

For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

Question 26

Ephesians 5:28

Answer 26

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

Question 27

Ephesians 5:33

Answer 27

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife {see} that she reverence {her} husband.

Question 28

1Peter 3:7

Answer 28

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with {them} according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Question 29

Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 7:26

Answer 29

Hast thou a wife after thy mind? forsake her not: but give not thyself over to a light woman.

Question 30

Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 25:1

Answer 30

In three things I was beautified, and stood up beautiful both before God and men: the unity of brethren, the love of neighbours, a man and a wife that agree together.

Question 31

Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 25:8

Answer 31

Well is him that dwelleth with a wife of understanding, and that hath not slipped with his tongue, and that hath not served a man more unworthy than himself:

Question 32

Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 25:20

Answer 32

As the climbing up a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man.

Question 33

Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 36:24

Answer 33

He that getteth a wife beginneth a possession, a help like unto himself, and a pillar of rest.

Question 34

Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 40:19

Answer 34

Children and the building of a city continue a man’s name: but a blameless wife is counted above them both.

Question 35

Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 40:23

Answer 35

A friend and companion never meet amiss: but above both is a wife with her husband.

Question 36

Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 42:6

Answer 36

Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is; and shut up, where many hands are.