The one who finds a wife finds what is enjoyable, and receives a pleasurable gift from the Lord.

A foolish child is the ruin of his father, and a contentious wife is like a constant dripping.

A house and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.

It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked woman.

A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike.

Do not give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which ruins kings.

Who can find a wife of noble character? For her value is far more than rubies.

Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives raped.

Danger awaits one who says to his father, “What in the world are you fathering?” and to his mother, “What in the world are you bringing forth?”

“‘Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

“Son of man, there were two women who were daughters of the same mother.

Each of you will go straight through the gaps in the walls; you will be thrown out toward Harmon.” The Lord is speaking!

all the clans that remain, each separately with their wives.”

And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

If a man is caught having sexual relations with a married woman both the man who had relations with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge evil from Israel.

Gilead’s wife also gave him sons. When his wife’s sons grew up, they made Jephthah leave and said to him, “You are not going to inherit any of our father’s wealth, because you are another woman’s son.”

The man said, “The woman whom you gave me, she gave me some fruit from the tree and I ate it.”

The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.

Lamech took two wives for himself; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.

When the Egyptians see you they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will keep you alive.