Daily Bible Verse - 2/10/2008 - Ecclesiastes 9:9

Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun- all your meaningless days. For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun.

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

Enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the days of your fleeting life which He has given to you under the sun; for this is your reward in life and in your toil in which you have labored under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Commentary

Marriage is the gift of God. "Marriage is honorable" and the marriage bed should be kept "undefiled," instructed the writer of Hebrews (13:4). Marriage is to be cherished (Prov. 5:15-20) and unfaithfulness avoided (Prov. 5:1-14). vain life: That is, life that passes so quickly.

Radmacher, E. D., Allen, R. B., & House, H. W. (1999). Nelson's new

Daily Bible Verse - 2/9/2008 - Proverbs 18:22

He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD.

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.

He who finds a wife finds a good thing And obtains favor from the LORD.

Proverbs 18:22

Commentary

A good wife is understood to be one pleasing to God and thus helpful to her husband and a joy to all. The parallel structure adds emphasis as the second line of the verse explains the first. In other words, the finding of a wife is a sign of God's favor. That every wife is not a good wife is implicit here and this is the "good" wife (Heb. tov, lit. "fortune" or "favor") whose price is far above rubies (Prov. 31:10).

Thomas Nelson, I. (1997, c1995). Woman's study Bible . (Pr 18:22). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

Related Verse

A worthy wife is a crown for her husband,
but a disgraceful woman is like cancer in his bones.

- Proverbs 12:4 (NLT)