New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Wives

• Not to be selected from among the ungodly Gen. 24:3, 26:34, 35, 28:1
• Duties of, to their husbands
  • To love them Tit. 2:4
  • To reverence them Eph. 5:33
  • To be faithful to them 1 Cor. 7:3-5, 10
  • To be subject to them Gen. 3:16; Eph. 5:22, 24; 1 Pet. 3:1
  • To obey them 1 Cor. 14:34; Tit. 2:5
  • To remain with them for life Rom. 7:2, 3
• Should be adorned
  • Not with ornaments 1 Tim. 2:9; 1 Pet. 3:3
  • With modesty and sobriety 1 Tim. 2:9
  • With a meek and quiet spirit 1 Pet. 3:4, 5
  • With good works 1 Tim. 2:10, 5:10
• Good
  • Are from the Lord Pr. 19:14
  • Are a token of the favor of God Pr. 18:22
  • Are a blessing to husbands Pr. 12:4, 31:10, 12
  • Bring honor on husbands Pr. 31:23
  • Secure confidence of husbands Pr. 31:11
  • Are praised by husbands Pr. 31:28
  • Are diligent and prudent Pr. 31:13-27
  • Are benevolent to the poor Pr. 31:20
  • Duty of, to unbelieving husbands 1 Cor. 7:13, 14, 16; 1 Pet. 3:1, 2
• Should be silent in the Churches 1 Cor. 14:34
• Should seek religious instruction from their husbands 1 Cor. 14:35
• Of ministers should be exemplary 1 Tim. 3:11
• Good-Exemplified
  • Wife of Manoah Judg. 13:10
  • Orpah and Ruth Ruth 1:4, 8
  • Abigail 1 Sam. 25:3
  • Esther Esther 2:15-17
  • Elizabeth Lk. 1:6
  • Priscilla Acts 18:2, 26
  • Sarah 1 Pet. 3:6
• Bad-Exemplified
  • Samson's wife Judg. 14:15-17
  • Michal 2 Sam. 6:16
  • Jezebel 1 Ki. 21:25
  • Zeresh Esther 5:14
  • Job's wife Job 2:9
  • Herodias Mk. 6:17
  • Sapphira Acts 5:1, 2