Verse 10

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

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:14 : 14 A house and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
  • Prov 12:4 : 4 A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones.
  • Prov 18:22 : 22 The one who has found a good wife has found what goodness is, and obtained a delightful gift from the LORD.
  • Ruth 3:11 : 11 Now, my dear, don’t worry! I intend to do for you everything you propose, for everyone in the village knows that you are a worthy woman.
  • Job 28:18 : 18 Of coral and jasper no mention will be made; the price of wisdom is more than pearls.
  • Prov 3:15 : 15 She is more precious than rubies, and none of the things you desire can compare with her.
  • Prov 8:11 : 11 For wisdom is better than rubies, and desirable things cannot be compared to her.
  • Eph 5:25-33 : 25 Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her 26 to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word, 27 so that he may present the church to himself as glorious– not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one has ever hated his own body, but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church, 30 because we are members of his body. 31 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. 32 This mystery is great– but I am actually speaking with reference to Christ and the church. 33 Nevertheless, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
  • Prov 20:15 : 15 There is gold, and an abundance of rubies, but words of knowledge are like a precious jewel.
  • Eccl 7:28 : 28 What I have continually sought, I have not found; I have found only one upright man among a thousand, but I have not found one upright woman among all of them.
  • Song 6:8-9 : 8 There may be sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and young women without number. 9 But she is unique! My dove, my perfect one! She is the special daughter of her mother, she is the favorite of the one who bore her. The maidens saw her and complimented her; the queens and concubines praised her: