Bible Dictionary: Wives: Good are from the Lord

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Proverbs 19:14
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

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Sections ii. , iii. And the Lord Said: "And I Will Bring the ...
... And the Lord Said: "And I Will Bring the Waters of ... and wept, and said: Farewell,
O habitation of the good! ... Noah, with his sons and his sons' wives, came down ...
/.../the extant works and fragments of hippolytus/sections ii iii and the.htm

The Question of Novelty Further Considered in Connection with the ...
... nothing of "novelty;" seeing that the Lord Himself opens ... with her; for nothing is
contrary to good except evil. ... It remains, that both they who have wives so be ...
/.../tertullian/on monogamy/chapter iii the question of novelty.htm

Lastly, Let us Hear the Lord Himself Delivering Most Plain ...
... Lastly, let us hear the Lord Himself delivering most plain judgment ... such with a wife,
it is not good to marry ... that, if they could, they would have wives, to be ...
/.../augustine/of holy virginity /section 23 lastly let us.htm

The God of the Law and the Prophets, and the Father of Our Lord ...
... thy days may be long upon the land, the good land, which the Lord thy God ... mystical
sense which is befitting divine words, those old wives' fables being ...
/.../origen/origen de principiis/chapter iv the god of the.htm

Concerning Our Lord's Genealogy and Concerning the Holy Mother of ...
... of women; and the law was to prevent one tribe seeking wives from another ... messenger
of the Lord was sent to her, with the good news of our Lord's conception ...
/.../exposition of the orthodox faith/chapter xiv concerning our lords genealogy.htm

And not Without Just Cause a Doubt is Raised...
... making profession of piety, through a good conversation. ... through the conversation
of the wives, seeing your ... and modest spirit, which before the Lord also is ...
/.../augustine/on the good of marriage/section 14 and not without.htm

Why it was Sometimes Permitted that a Man Should have Several ...
... men were united a plurality of good wives,"many to ... woman is the man;" [2086] and,
"Wives, submit yourselves ... Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord." [2088] Now ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 10 ix why it was.htm

Passages from Clement's Epistle to the Corinthians on Martyrdom.
... teach the Lord's commands worthily; and he is of a magnanimous mind, and of a mind
contemplative of truth. "Let us direct our wives to what is good; let them ...
/.../the stromata or miscellanies/chapter xvii passages from clements epistle.htm

The Apostle Has Made Known to us Certain Three Unions...
... not only from a higher, that is, from their Lord. ... also, "Husbands ought to love their
own wives, as their ... a lower: because both higher and lower are all good. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/on continence/section 23 the apostle has.htm

Samuel --The Child of the Temple.
... She was a good woman, and very sorrowful, because she saw other wives with sons
and ... she said, "and have poured out my soul before the Lord." Then Eli ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter xvii samuelthe child of.htm

Subtopics

Wives

Wives of Ministers should be Exemplary

Wives: Bad: Herodias

Wives: Bad: Jezebel

Wives: Bad: Job's Wife

Wives: Bad: Michal

Wives: Bad: Samson's Wife

Wives: Bad: Sapphira

Wives: Bad: Zeresh

Wives: Duties of, to Their Husbands: To be Faithful to Them

Wives: Duties of, to Their Husbands: To be Subject to Them