Bible Verses About "How to Be a Godly Wife"
A godly wife respects and supports her husband, cultivates inner beauty, manages her home wisely, and serves the Lord — fearing God rather than circumstance.
A godly wife respects and supports her husband, cultivates inner beauty, manages her home wisely, and serves the Lord — fearing God rather than circumstance.
"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... Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing." — Ephesians 5:22-24 (KJV)
KJV Verses That Answer This Question
The Scriptures below are gathered specifically to address "How to Be a Godly Wife?" Each is quoted in the King James Version with a link to its full chapter.
"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... Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing."
"Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised."
"Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price."
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