and teaches with wisdom (verse 26). She is praised as ‘far more precious than jewels’(verse 10), praised by both husband and kids (verse 28). This is because she does not try to take the role of her husband, but because ‘she does him good and no harm, all the days of her life’ (verse 12). Her husband’s heart ‘trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain’ (verse 11). A husband who can fully trust his wife and praises her, is a husband who feels respected and loved. The husband has a position of honour within his society: he is ‘known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land’ (verse 23) – a position strengthened by his wife’s excellency.
So that is in a nutshell what the Bible says about being a wife: a woman who faithfully helps and supports her husband, respects him, loves him and