Tobit 6:15chapter contextsimilarmeaning"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 KJVcopysave
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.
1 Esdras 4:25chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Wherefore a man loveth his wife better than father or mother." 1 Esdras 4:25 KJVcopysave
Wherefore a man loveth his wife better than father or mother.
Tobit 11:3chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Let us haste before thy wife, and prepare the house." Tobit 11:3 KJVcopysave
Let us haste before thy wife, and prepare the house.
Tobit 4:12chapter contextsimilarmeaning"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 KJVcopysave
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.
Ecclesiasticus 36:24chapter contextsimilarmeaning"He that getteth a wife beginneth a possession, a help like unto himself, and a pillar of rest." Ecclesiasticus 36:24 KJVcopysave
He that getteth a wife beginneth a possession, a help like unto himself, and a pillar of rest.
2 Esdras 9:47chapter contextsimilarmeaning"So when he grew up, and came to the time that he should have a wife, I made a feast." 2 Esdras 9:47 KJVcopysave
So when he grew up, and came to the time that he should have a wife, I made a feast.
Tobit 7:2chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Then said Raguel to Edna his wife, How like is this young man to Tobit my cousin!" Tobit 7:2 KJVcopysave
Then said Raguel to Edna his wife, How like is this young man to Tobit my cousin!
Ecclesiasticus 40:23chapter contextsimilarmeaning"A friend and companion never meet amiss: but above both is a wife with her husband." Ecclesiasticus 40:23 KJVcopysave
A friend and companion never meet amiss: but above both is a wife with her husband.
Ecclesiasticus 26:7chapter contextsimilarmeaning"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 KJVcopysave
An evil wife is a yoke shaken to and fro: he that hath hold of her is as though he held a scorpion.
Ecclesiasticus 23:22chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Thus shall it go also with the wife that leaveth her husband, and bringeth in an heir by another." Ecclesiasticus 23:22 KJVcopysave
Thus shall it go also with the wife that leaveth her husband, and bringeth in an heir by another.
Ecclesiasticus 40:19chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Children and the building of a city continue a man's name: but a blameless wife is counted above them both." Ecclesiasticus 40:19 KJVcopysave
Children and the building of a city continue a man's name: but a blameless wife is counted above them both.
Ecclesiasticus 42:6chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is; and shut up, where many hands are." Ecclesiasticus 42:6 KJVcopysave
Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is; and shut up, where many hands are.
Ecclesiasticus 26:13chapter contextsimilarmeaning"The grace of a wife delighteth her husband, and her discretion will fatten his bones." Ecclesiasticus 26:13 KJVcopysave
The grace of a wife delighteth her husband, and her discretion will fatten his bones.
Ecclesiasticus 26:1chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Blessed is the man that hath a virtuous wife, for the number of his days shall be double." Ecclesiasticus 26:1 KJVcopysave
Blessed is the man that hath a virtuous wife, for the number of his days shall be double.
Ecclesiasticus 9:1chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, and teach her not an evil lesson against thyself." Ecclesiasticus 9:1 KJVcopysave
Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, and teach her not an evil lesson against thyself.
Ecclesiasticus 36:25chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Where no hedge is, there the possession is spoiled: and he that hath no wife will wander up and down mourning." Ecclesiasticus 36:25 KJVcopysave
Where no hedge is, there the possession is spoiled: and he that hath no wife will wander up and down mourning.
Tobit 1:20chapter contextsimilarmeaning"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 KJVcopysave
Then all my goods were forcibly taken away, neither was there any thing left me, beside my wife Anna and my son Tobias.
Ecclesiasticus 7:26chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Hast thou a wife after thy mind? forsake her not: but give not thyself over to a light woman." Ecclesiasticus 7:26 KJVcopysave
Hast thou a wife after thy mind? forsake her not: but give not thyself over to a light woman.
2 Maccabees 14:25chapter contextsimilarmeaning"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 KJVcopysave
He prayed him also to take a wife, and to beget children: so he married, was quiet, and took part of this life.
Ecclesiasticus 25:20chapter contextsimilarmeaning"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 KJVcopysave
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 26:16chapter contextsimilarmeaning"As the sun when it ariseth in the high heaven; so is the beauty of a good wife in the ordering of her house." Ecclesiasticus 26:16 KJVcopysave
As the sun when it ariseth in the high heaven; so is the beauty of a good wife in the ordering of her house.
Tobit 7:14chapter contextsimilarmeaning"And called Edna his wife, and took paper, and did write an instrument of covenants, and sealed it." Tobit 7:14 KJVcopysave
And called Edna his wife, and took paper, and did write an instrument of covenants, and sealed it.
Ecclesiasticus 15:2chapter contextsimilarmeaning"And as a mother shall she meet him, and receive him as a wife married of a virgin." Ecclesiasticus 15:2 KJVcopysave
And as a mother shall she meet him, and receive him as a wife married of a virgin.
Susanna 1:29chapter contextsimilarmeaning"And said before the people, Send for Susanna, the daughter of Chelcias, Joacim's wife. And so they sent." Susanna 1:29 KJVcopysave
And said before the people, Send for Susanna, the daughter of Chelcias, Joacim's wife. And so they sent.
1 Esdras 4:21chapter contextsimilarmeaning"He sticketh not to spend his life with his wife. and remembereth neither father, nor mother, nor country." 1 Esdras 4:21 KJVcopysave
He sticketh not to spend his life with his wife. and remembereth neither father, nor mother, nor country.
Ecclesiasticus 41:21chapter contextsimilarmeaning"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 KJVcopysave
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.
Tobit 7:16chapter contextsimilarmeaning"After Raguel called his wife Edna, and said unto her, Sister, prepare another chamber, and bring her in thither." Tobit 7:16 KJVcopysave
After Raguel called his wife Edna, and said unto her, Sister, prepare another chamber, and bring her in thither.
Tobit 8:12chapter contextsimilarmeaning"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 KJVcopysave
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.
Susanna 1:2chapter contextsimilarmeaning"And he took a wife, whose name was Susanna, the daughter of Chelcias, a very fair woman, and one that feared the Lord." Susanna 1:2 KJVcopysave
And he took a wife, whose name was Susanna, the daughter of Chelcias, a very fair woman, and one that feared the Lord.