Proverbs 11:16
KJV—A gracious woman retaineth honour:
and strong men retain riches.
NIV—A kindhearted woman gains respect,
but ruthless men gain only wealth.
Amp—A gracious and good woman wins
honor [for her husband], and violent men
win riches; [but a woman who hates righteousness
is a throne of dishonor for him].
Proverbs 12:4
KJV—A virtuous woman is a crown to her
husband: but she that maketh ashamed is
as rottenness in his bones.
NKJV—An excellent wife is the crown of
her husband, but she who causes shame
is like rottenness in his bones.
NIV—A wife of noble character is her
husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is
like decay in his bones.
Amp—A virtuous and worthy wife—earnest
and strong in character—is a crowning
joy to her husband, but she who makes
ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 14:1
KJV—Every wise woman buildeth her
house: but the foolish plucketh it down
with her hands.
NIV—The wise woman builds her house,
but with her own hands the foolish one
tears hers down.
Amp—Every wise woman builds her
house, but the foolish one tears it down
with her own hands.
1 Corinthians 7:3
NKJV—Let the husband render to his
wife the affection due her, and likewise
also the wife to her husband.
Amp—The husband should give to his
wife her conjugal rights—goodwill, kindness
and what is due her as his wife; and
likewise the wife to her husband.
Ephesians 5:22-24
KJV—Wives, submit yourselves unto
your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For
the husband is the head of the wife, even
as Christ is the head of the church: and
he is the saviour of the body. Therefore
as the church is subject unto Christ, so
let the wives be to their own husbands in
every thing.
NIV—Wives, submit to your husbands as
to the Lord. For the husband is the head
of the wife as Christ is the head of the
church, his body, of which he is the Savior.
Now as the church submits to Christ, so
also wives should submit to their husbands
in everything.
Weymouth—Married women, submit to
your own husbands as if to the Lord; because
a husband is the head of his wife,
as Christ also is the head of the church,
Himself the savior of the Body. And just as
the church submits to Christ, so also married
women should be entirely submissive
to their husbands.
Ephesians 5:33
KJV—The wife see that she reverence her
husband.
NIV—The wife must respect her husband.
Amp—Let the wife see that she respects
and reverences her husband—that she
notices him, regards him, honors him,
prefers him, venerates and esteems him;
and that she defers to him, praises him,
and loves and admires him exceedingly.
Weymouth—Let a married woman see to
it that she treats her husband with respect.
