Bible Verses About Good Wife
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for good wife, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 26,709 votes, led by Proverbs 18:22. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Good Wife
Proverbs 18:22942 votes
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
Proverbs 12:4936 votes
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 31:10-31795 votes
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Proverbs 19:14696 votes
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.
1 Peter 3:7568 votes
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
Ephesians 5:33527 votes
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
Proverbs 31:10508 votes
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Genesis 2:18481 votes
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Hebrews 13:4470 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Proverbs 14:1444 votes
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
1 Peter 3:1440 votes
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
Ephesians 5:25437 votes
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Ephesians 5:22-24421 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Genesis 2:24387 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Titus 2:5370 votes
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Proverbs 31:26-31352 votes
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
1 Corinthians 11:3352 votes
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
Colossians 3:18342 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
Titus 2:3-5337 votes
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
1 Peter 4:8335 votes
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Proverbs 31:11-12318 votes
The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
Proverbs 31:1-31310 votes
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
Ephesians 5:22290 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7276 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Proverbs 31:11257 votes
The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
What does the Bible say about good wife?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 18:22 on the subject of good wife. Across 26,709 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 12:4, Proverbs 31:10-31, Proverbs 19:14. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.