Who is an excellent wife?

Proverbs 12:4 – “An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who shames him is as rottenness in his bones.” Marriage is a life-long covenant between a man and a woman to live as one flesh, for their mutual benefit, and for the bearing of children.

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An excellent wife is the crown of her husband...

Proverbs 12:4 – “An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who shames him is as rottenness in his bones.” by Dr. Bill Edgar, Geneva College Board of Trustees Member, Former Geneva College President and longtime pastor in the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPNCA) Marriage is a life-long covenant between a man and a woman to live as one flesh, for their mutual benefit, and for the bearing of children. In contemporary Greek, the term for spouse, “yoke fellow,” etymologically, pictures animals yoked together to plow a field. Husband and wife, yoked together in marriage, should always pull together. My wife’s favorite sentence from me to our children was, “What did your mother say?” Since a father addresses his son in Proverbs, this proverb is stated from the man’s perspective. A mother could write similar proverbs to her daughter. The ideal wife in Proverbs is loyal, merry, capable, and strong, the perfect helper for her man. For more than one man, his wife is the best thing he has going for him, refusing to use his weaknesses as an excuse for not fulfilling her marriage vows. What does it mean that she is the “crown” of her husband? Like a crown on a king’s head, she signals to everyone that they should honor and respect this man. She makes her family rich (Proverbs 31), while she respects her husband (Ephesians 5:33), encouraging her children and others to do the same. But a wife who shames her husband as a runaround (Proverbs 2:16-17), a busybody (I Timothy 5:13 about widows, but the point stands), or a harridan (Proverbs 25:24) is like cancer in his bones, as in tooth decay, where a cavity slowly weakens a tooth until it falls out. A wife who shames her man eventually leaves him a hollow shell of what he might have been, just like a worthless fool of a husband often leaves his wife both destitute and worn out before her time. What should the unmarried conclude from this proverb? Choose wisely. Sadly, youth lack wisdom. So maybe the older and presumably wiser parents should choose, as in many cultures? Except father and mother may well aim to further goals other than their children’s good! So where does an excellent wife come from? “House and wife are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD (Proverbs 19:14).” So the wise youth who wishes to marry should pray earnestly for an excellent wife, and she for a godly husband. Marriage is for better or worse, richer or poorer. If you are married “for better,” thank the Lord. If you are married “for worse,” remember your wedding vows and make the best of it. Just as wise Abigail found herself married to the rich fool Nabal, and David’s soldier Uriah, the Hittite of unwavering integrity, got Bathsheba for a wife, so God for His own purposes calls some to live with a shaming wife or a useless man. But an excellent wife is a crown to her husband. Happy such a man!

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God designed marriage to fulfill six important and vital functions. ... When we understand them, we will be better able to honor marriage. Companionship. ... Enjoyment. ... Completeness. ... Fruitfulness. ... Protection. ... Typify Christ and the Church.

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God designed marriage to fulfill six important and vital functions. When we understand them, we will be better able to honor marriage.

1. Companionship

True companionship grows out of a oneness of spirit. This occurs in marriage when both the husband and wife can say, “My spouse is my best friend.” “Can two walk together, except they be agreed?” (Amos 3:3).

2. Enjoyment

The principle behind enjoyment is self-control. “Marriage is honorable [precious] in all, and the bed [should be kept] undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge” (Hebrews 13:4).

3. Completeness

God designed Eve to complete that which was lacking in Adam’s life. “And Adam said, … She shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man” (Genesis 2:23).

4. Fruitfulness

God’s first command in Scripture is this: “… Be fruitful [bear fruit], and multiply [increase], and replenish [fill] the earth …” (Genesis 1:28). The very nature and character of God is to multiply life, whereas the nature and character of Satan is to multiply death.

5. Protection

A husband is to protect his wife by laying down his life for her. (See Ephesians 5:25.) A wife is to protect the interests of her home. (See Titus 2:4–5.) Parents are to protect their children to raise up a Godly seed.

6. Typify Christ and the Church

Marriage is to be a human object lesson of the divine relationship between Christ and believers. (See Ephesians 5:31–33.)

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