"BEING A WIFE" in the KJV Bible

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Tobit 4:12chapter context similar meaning "Beware of all whoredom, my son, and chiefly take a wife of the seed of thy fathers, and take not a strange woman to wife, which is not of thy father's tribe: for we are the children of the prophets, Noe, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: remember, my son, that our fathers from the beginning, even that they all married wives of their own kindred, and were blessed in their children, and their seed shall inherit the land." Tobit 4:12 KJVcopy save

Beware of all whoredom, my son, and chiefly take a wife of the seed of thy fathers, and take not a strange woman to wife, which is not of thy father's tribe: for we are the children of the prophets, Noe, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: remember, my son, that our fathers from the beginning, even that they all married wives of their own kindred, and were blessed in their children, and their seed shall inherit the land.

Tobit 6:15chapter context similar meaning "Then the angel said unto him, Dost thou not remember the precepts which thy father gave thee, that thou shouldest marry a wife of thine own kindred? wherefore hear me, O my brother; for she shall be given thee to wife; and make thou no reckoning of the evil spirit; for this same night shall she be given thee in marriage." Tobit 6:15 KJVcopy save

Then the angel said unto him, Dost thou not remember the precepts which thy father gave thee, that thou shouldest marry a wife of thine own kindred? wherefore hear me, O my brother; for she shall be given thee to wife; and make thou no reckoning of the evil spirit; for this same night shall she be given thee in marriage.

Tobit 11:3chapter context similar meaning "Let us haste before thy wife, and prepare the house." Tobit 11:3 KJVcopy save

Let us haste before thy wife, and prepare the house.

Tobit 2:11chapter context similar meaning "And my wife Anna did take women's works to do." Tobit 2:11 KJVcopy save

And my wife Anna did take women's works to do.

1 Esdras 4:25chapter context similar meaning "Wherefore a man loveth his wife better than father or mother." 1 Esdras 4:25 KJVcopy save

Wherefore a man loveth his wife better than father or mother.

Ecclesiasticus 23:22chapter context similar meaning "Thus shall it go also with the wife that leaveth her husband, and bringeth in an heir by another." Ecclesiasticus 23:22 KJVcopy save

Thus shall it go also with the wife that leaveth her husband, and bringeth in an heir by another.

2 Esdras 9:47chapter context similar meaning "So when he grew up, and came to the time that he should have a wife, I made a feast." 2 Esdras 9:47 KJVcopy save

So when he grew up, and came to the time that he should have a wife, I made a feast.

Tobit 10:4chapter context similar meaning "Then his wife said unto him, My son is dead, seeing he stayeth long; and she began to wail him, and said," Tobit 10:4 KJVcopy save

Then his wife said unto him, My son is dead, seeing he stayeth long; and she began to wail him, and said,

Ecclesiasticus 40:23chapter context similar meaning "A friend and companion never meet amiss: but above both is a wife with her husband." Ecclesiasticus 40:23 KJVcopy save

A friend and companion never meet amiss: but above both is a wife with her husband.

Ecclesiasticus 15:2chapter context similar meaning "And as a mother shall she meet him, and receive him as a wife married of a virgin." Ecclesiasticus 15:2 KJVcopy save

And as a mother shall she meet him, and receive him as a wife married of a virgin.

Ecclesiasticus 42:6chapter context similar meaning "Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is; and shut up, where many hands are." Ecclesiasticus 42:6 KJVcopy save

Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is; and shut up, where many hands are.

Ecclesiasticus 36:24chapter context similar meaning "He that getteth a wife beginneth a possession, a help like unto himself, and a pillar of rest." Ecclesiasticus 36:24 KJVcopy save

He that getteth a wife beginneth a possession, a help like unto himself, and a pillar of rest.

Tobit 9:6chapter context similar meaning "And early in the morning they went forth both together, and came to the wedding: and Tobias blessed his wife." Tobit 9:6 KJVcopy save

And early in the morning they went forth both together, and came to the wedding: and Tobias blessed his wife.

Tobit 8:12chapter context similar meaning "He said unto his wife Edna. Send one of the maids, and let her see whether he be alive: if he be not, that we may bury him, and no man know it." Tobit 8:12 KJVcopy save

He said unto his wife Edna. Send one of the maids, and let her see whether he be alive: if he be not, that we may bury him, and no man know it.

1 Esdras 4:20chapter context similar meaning "A man leaveth his own father that brought him up, and his own country, and cleaveth unto his wife." 1 Esdras 4:20 KJVcopy save

A man leaveth his own father that brought him up, and his own country, and cleaveth unto his wife.

Tobit 7:2chapter context similar meaning "Then said Raguel to Edna his wife, How like is this young man to Tobit my cousin!" Tobit 7:2 KJVcopy save

Then said Raguel to Edna his wife, How like is this young man to Tobit my cousin!

Tobit 8:21chapter context similar meaning "And then he should take the half of his goods, and go in safety to his father; and should have the rest when I and my wife be dead." Tobit 8:21 KJVcopy save

And then he should take the half of his goods, and go in safety to his father; and should have the rest when I and my wife be dead.

Ecclesiasticus 9:1chapter context similar meaning "Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, and teach her not an evil lesson against thyself." Ecclesiasticus 9:1 KJVcopy save

Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, and teach her not an evil lesson against thyself.

Tobit 1:20chapter context similar meaning "Then all my goods were forcibly taken away, neither was there any thing left me, beside my wife Anna and my son Tobias." Tobit 1:20 KJVcopy save

Then all my goods were forcibly taken away, neither was there any thing left me, beside my wife Anna and my son Tobias.

Ecclesiasticus 40:19chapter context similar meaning "Children and the building of a city continue a man's name: but a blameless wife is counted above them both." Ecclesiasticus 40:19 KJVcopy save

Children and the building of a city continue a man's name: but a blameless wife is counted above them both.

Ecclesiasticus 41:21chapter context similar meaning "And to turn away thy face from thy kinsman; or to take away a portion or a gift; or to gaze upon another man's wife." Ecclesiasticus 41:21 KJVcopy save

And to turn away thy face from thy kinsman; or to take away a portion or a gift; or to gaze upon another man's wife.

Susanna 1:29chapter context similar meaning "And said before the people, Send for Susanna, the daughter of Chelcias, Joacim's wife. And so they sent." Susanna 1:29 KJVcopy save

And said before the people, Send for Susanna, the daughter of Chelcias, Joacim's wife. And so they sent.

Ecclesiasticus 26:1chapter context similar meaning "Blessed is the man that hath a virtuous wife, for the number of his days shall be double." Ecclesiasticus 26:1 KJVcopy save

Blessed is the man that hath a virtuous wife, for the number of his days shall be double.

Ecclesiasticus 36:25chapter context similar meaning "Where no hedge is, there the possession is spoiled: and he that hath no wife will wander up and down mourning." Ecclesiasticus 36:25 KJVcopy save

Where no hedge is, there the possession is spoiled: and he that hath no wife will wander up and down mourning.

Ecclesiasticus 26:13chapter context similar meaning "The grace of a wife delighteth her husband, and her discretion will fatten his bones." Ecclesiasticus 26:13 KJVcopy save

The grace of a wife delighteth her husband, and her discretion will fatten his bones.

1 Esdras 4:21chapter context similar meaning "He sticketh not to spend his life with his wife. and remembereth neither father, nor mother, nor country." 1 Esdras 4:21 KJVcopy save

He sticketh not to spend his life with his wife. and remembereth neither father, nor mother, nor country.

2 Maccabees 14:25chapter context similar meaning "He prayed him also to take a wife, and to beget children: so he married, was quiet, and took part of this life." 2 Maccabees 14:25 KJVcopy save

He prayed him also to take a wife, and to beget children: so he married, was quiet, and took part of this life.

Ecclesiasticus 26:7chapter context similar meaning "An evil wife is a yoke shaken to and fro: he that hath hold of her is as though he held a scorpion." Ecclesiasticus 26:7 KJVcopy save

An evil wife is a yoke shaken to and fro: he that hath hold of her is as though he held a scorpion.

Tobit 7:14chapter context similar meaning "And called Edna his wife, and took paper, and did write an instrument of covenants, and sealed it." Tobit 7:14 KJVcopy save

And called Edna his wife, and took paper, and did write an instrument of covenants, and sealed it.

Ecclesiasticus 25:20chapter context similar meaning "As the climbing up a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man." Ecclesiasticus 25:20 KJVcopy save

As the climbing up a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man.