"The Good Wife" Sabbath Lessons @ Law Life Israelite School

1st Peter 2:2(let us desire to keep the laws statutes and commandments)
"As new borne babes desire the sincere milke of the word, that ye may grow thereby,"



Romans 15:4(those things written in the scriptures are written so that we may learn from them)
"For whatsoeuer things were written aforetime, were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might haue hope."



2nd Timothy 2:15(it is our duty to show the MOST HIGH GOD our willingness to study and keep his commandments)
"Studie to shewe thy selfe approued vnto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly diuiding the word of trueth."



Genesis 2:18,21-2(God created woman for the man because he saw that is was a good thing for the man)
"And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone: I will make him an helpe meet for him. 

²¹ And the LORD God caused a deepe sleepe to fall vpon Adam, and hee slept; and he tooke one of his ribs, and closed vp the flesh in stead thereof.

²² And the rib which the LORD God had taken from man, made hee a woman, & brought her vnto the man.

²³ And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shalbe called woman, because shee was taken out of man.

²⁴ Therefore shall a man leaue his father and his mother, and shall cleaue vnto his wife: and they shalbe one flesh.

²⁵ And they were both naked, the man & his wife, and were not ashamed."

Hebrews 13:4(GOD honors marriage)
"Mariage is honorable in all, and the bed vndefiled: but whoremongers, and adulterers God will iudge."


2nd Corinthians 5:17(in Christ we are new so those things that we were should be no more)
"Therfore if any man be in Christ, hee is a new creature: old things are past away, behold, al things are become new."



Hebrews 3:13(let us exhort each other so no one feels the need resort to sin to feel exhorted or worthy)
"But exhort one another dayly, while it is called To day, least any of you be hardned through the deceitfulnesse of sinne."



Joshua 1:8(we MUST always speak the oracles of GOD and we should never let our minds drift upon anything else)
"This booke of the Law shal not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest obserue to doe according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt haue good successe."



Sirach (apocrypha) 26:1-4,13-19(the atributes of a good wife)
"Blessed is the man that hath a vertuous wife, for the number of his dayes shall be double.

² A vertuous woman reioyceth her husband, and he shall fulfill the yeeres of his life in peace.

³ A good wife is a good portion, which shall be giuen in the portion of them that feare the Lord.

⁴ Whether a man be rich or poore, if he haue a good heart towards the Lord, he shall at all times reioyce with a cheerefull countenance.

¹³ The grace of a wife delighteth her husband, and her discretion will fat his bones.

¹⁴ A silent and louing woman is a gift of the Lord, and there is nothing so much worth, as a mind well instructed.

¹⁵ A shamefast and faithfull woman is a double grace, and her continent mind cannot be valued.

¹⁶ As the Sunne when it ariseth in the high heauen: so is the beautie of a good wife in the ordering of her house.

Matthew 19:6(never allow people to come between you and your husband or wife)
"Wherefore they are no more twaine, but one flesh. What therefore God hath ioyned together, let not man put asunder."



Back To Sirach 26:16-17,19(the good wife orders her house aright and is beautiful even in her older age).
"As the Sunne when it ariseth in the high heauen: so is the beautie of a good wife in the ordering of her house.

¹⁷ As the cleare light is vpon the holy candlesticke: so is the beautie of the face in ripe age.

Back To Matthew 19:4-6
"And hee answered, and said vnto them, Haue ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning, made them male and female?

⁵ And said, For this cause shall a man leaue father and mother, and shall cleaue to his wife: and they twaine shalbe one flesh.

⁶ Wherefore they are no more twaine, but one flesh. What therefore God hath ioyned together, let not man put asunder."

"GOOD DEFINED"

excellence or merit; kindness: 

moral righteousness; virtue: 

2nd Esdras  1:38-40(Regeneration-referenced to the women that were righteous and virtuous in the past will be here with us today as well)
"And now brother, behold what glory: and see the people that commeth from the East.

³⁹ Unto whom I will giue for leaders, Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob, Oseas, Amos, and Micheas, Ioel, Abdias, and Ionas,

Nahum, and Abacuc, Sophonias, Aggeus, Zacharie, and Malachie, which is called also an Angel of the Lord. "

Judith 8:4-8(our foremother Judith and her example of being a good wife)
"So Iudeth was a widow in her house three yeeres, and foure moneths.

⁵ And she made her a tent vpon the top of her house, and put on sackecloth on her loynes, and ware her widowes apparell.

⁶ And she fasted all the dayes of her widowhood, saue the eues of the Sabbath, and the Sabbaths, and the eues of the newe Moones, and the newe Moones, and the Feasts, and solemne dayes of the house of Israel.

⁷ Shee was also of a goodly countenance, and very beautifull to behold: and her husband Manasses had left her golde and siluer, and men seruants and maide seruants, and cattell, and lands, and she remained vpon them.

⁸ And there was none that gaue her an ill worde; for shee feared God greatly."

Susanna 1:1-3,22-24(our foremother Susanna and her attributes of righteousness)
"There dwelt a man in Babylon, called Ioacim.

² And hee tooke a wife, whose name was Susanna, the daughter of Chelcias, a very faire woman, and one that feared the Lord.

³ Her parents also were righteous, and taught their daughter according to the Law of Moses.

²² Then Susanna sighed and said, I am straited on euery side: for if I doe this thing, it is death vnto me: and if I doe it not, I cannot escape your hands.

²³ It is better for me to fall into your hands, and not doe it: then to sinne in the sight of the Lord.

²⁴ With that Susanna cried with a loud voice: and the two Elders cried out against her."

Ephesians 5:22-24,28(women must submit to their own husbands and not every man for that is confusion)
"Wiues, submit your selues vnto your own husbands, as vnto the Lord.

²³ For the husband is the head of the wife, euen as Christ is the head of the Church: and he is the sauiour of the body.

²⁴ Therefore as the Church is subiect vnto Christ, so let the wiues bee to their owne husbands in euery thing.

²⁸ So ought men to loue their wiues, as their owne bodies: hee that loueth his wife, loueth himselfe."

Titus 2:3-5(sisters that are knowledgeable of the scriptures are to teach the sisters that are not how to be a good wife)
"The aged women likewise that they be in behauiour as becommeth holinesse, not false accusers, not giuen to much wine, teachers of good things,

⁴ That they may teach the young women to bee sober, to loue their husbands, to loue their children,

⁵ To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God bee not blasphemed."

Romans 8:16-17(The Man and The Woman are joint heirs to the kingdom IF they obey the law)
"The spirit it selfe beareth witnes with our spirit, that we are the children of God.

¹⁷ And if children, then heires, heires of God, and ioynt heires with Christ: if so be that we suffer with him, that wee may be also glorified together."

Sirach 37:12(stay around people that you know are keepers of the commandments)
"But be continually with a godly man, whom thou knowest to keepe the commandements of the Lord, whose minde is according to thy minde, and will sorrow with thee, if thou shalt" miscarry.



Sirach 36:23-24( a woman should be a direct reflection of her man. she should be a helper to him)
"If there be kindnesse, meekenes, and comfort in her tongue, then is not her husband like other men.

²⁴ He that getteth a wife, beginneth a possession, a helpe like vnto himselfe, and a pillar of rest."

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