- Pro 5:18 Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth,
- Pro 6:29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; none who touches her will go unpunished.
- Pro 12:4 An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
- Pro 18:22 He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
- Pro 19:13 A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
- Pro 19:14 House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
- Pro 21:9 It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
- Pro 27:15 A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike;
- Pro 31:10 An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.
- Pro 31:11 The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain.
because...
there are practically NO verses describing the way a good husband should be like.
Now I am shocked - not :).
But there is something I can see that is very edifying to a wife, if we look closely. Why? Because so much depends on the woman. Look at those verses and examine them in depth. Everything depends on the wife. Isn't it good news? I know, I know, it may be an irony in the eyes of the world, but a Christian wife can be proud. We are not some lesser beings, inferior people, slaves to our husbands. We are essential for their well-being, we are proof that the marriage is God-blessed, we are the the foundation of his home. Isn't it awesome? To think that so much depends on us?
I believe we should cherish this responsibility and thank God for it, and remember about it every time some humanist tries to make us feel stupid and unworthy.
This is the true feminism of the Bible, in my very humble opinion.
What do you think?
3 comments:
Amen. Wonderfully said.
Ephesians 5:25 says the man must live as Christ for his wife. That is, he must give his life for her!
25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
John, I know :)
This post was about Proverbs, though.
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