“Thus when a certain wise man saith, "It is by the Lord that a man is matched with a woman," he means this, God made marriage, and not that it is He that joineth together every man that cometh to be with a woman. For we see many that come to be with one another for evil, even by the law of marriage, and this we should…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — HOMILIES ON ROMANS 23:13.1
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14House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
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12The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
13A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
— Proverbs 19:14 —
15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
16He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.