Proverbs 12:4
12:4 A noble wife is the crown of her husband,
but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 18:22
18:22 The one who finds a wife finds what is enjoyable,
and receives a pleasurable gift from the Lord.
Proverbs 19:14
19:14 A house and wealth are inherited from parents,
but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
Ruth 3:11
3:11 Now, my dear, don’t worry!
I intend to do for you everything you propose,
for everyone in the village
knows that you are a worthy woman.
Ecclesiastes 7:28
7:28 What I have continually sought, I have not found;
I have found only one upright man among a thousand,
but I have not found one upright woman among all of them.
The Song of Songs 6:8-9
6:8 There may be sixty queens,
and eighty concubines,
and young women without number.
6:9 But she is unique!
My dove, my perfect one!
She is the special daughter of her mother,
she is the favorite of the one who bore her.
The maidens saw her and complimented her;
the queens and concubines praised her:
Ephesians 5:25-33
5:25 Husbands, love your
wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her
5:26 to sanctify her by cleansing her
with the washing of the water by the word,
5:27 so that he
may present the church to himself as glorious – not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
5:28 In the same way
husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
5:29 For no one has ever hated his own body
but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church,
5:30 for we are members of his body.
5:31 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
5:32 This mystery is great – but I am actually
speaking with reference to Christ and the church.
5:33 Nevertheless,
each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself,
and the wife must
respect
her husband.