Proverbs 31:10

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Proverbs 31:8–12 · Berean Standard Bible

8 Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.

9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.

10 A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.

11 The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value.

12 She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life.

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Proverbs 12:4

A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.

Proverbs 18:22

He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.

Proverbs 19:14

Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

Ruth 3:11

And now do not be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you request, since all my fellow townspeople know that you are a woman of noble character.

Ecclesiastes 7:28

While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman.

Song of Solomon 6:8

There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number,

Song of Solomon 6:9

but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the favorite of the mother who bore her. The maidens see her and call her blessed; the queens and concubines sing her praises.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

Ephesians 5:26

to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

Ephesians 5:27

and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

Ephesians 5:28

In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Ephesians 5:29

Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.

Ephesians 5:30

For we are members of His body.

Ephesians 5:31

“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

Ephesians 5:32

This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

Ephesians 5:33

Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

Proverbs 3:15

She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.

Proverbs 8:11

For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.

Proverbs 20:15

There is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.