wife
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33Yet truly, each and every one of you should love his wife as himself. And a wife should fear her husband.
22He who has found a good wife has found goodness, and he shall draw contentment from the Lord. He who expels a good wife expels goodness. But he who holds on to an adulteress is foolish and impious.
4May marriage be honorable in every way, and may the marriage bed be immaculate. For God will judge fornicators and adulterers.
7Similarly, you husbands should live with them in accord with knowledge, bestowing honor on the female as the weaker vessel and as co-heirs of the life of grace, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
10Who shall find a strong woman? Far away, and from the furthest parts, is her price.
14A house and its riches are given by parents. But a prudent wife is particularly from the Lord.
25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the Church and handed himself over for her,
22Wives should be submissive to their husbands, as to the Lord.
4A diligent woman is a crown to her husband. And she who acts with confusion as to which things are worthy is decay to his bones.
19Husbands, love your wives, and do not be bitter toward them.
31“For this reason, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife; and the two shall be as one flesh.”
24For this reason, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife; and the two shall be as one flesh.
28So, too, husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.