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God’s Word For Today

Text: Prov 25:24 ESV

24 It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

-Prov 25:24 ESV

IS THERE A HOME IN THE HOUSE?

Solomon's advice about marriage is learned through a hard way. Even with his wisdom, he turned away from God's intended plan for one man to marry one woman. Solomon took seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines for himself. Two is too little too many. He realized no earthly pleasures could replace honor for God. He exclaimed, "Vanity of vanities! All is vanity." [Ecc 1:2] Many of the proverbs he wrote her are life lessons Solomon learned "the hard way." (Prov 25:1)

The picture here is of a quarrelsome wife but this applies to the husband as well. A married couple could live in a mansion, but if one annoys the other, they only have a house but not a home. The ‘corner of the housetop’ even the desert can be most preferable as a place to stay. This implies material blessings alone don’t build a harmonious relationship in marriage.

In the beginning God designed the woman as "a helper fit for him" (Gen 2:18). Marriage unites two human beings to be mutual partners. Peter did counsel wives to "let [their] adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit", did he not? (1 Pet 3:4). On the other hand, he exhorts husbands to "live with your wives in an understanding way" and reminds them that their wives are "heirs with you of the grace of life" (1 Pet 3:7). These principles apply equally to both spouses. A harmonious relationship requires both partners to apply love and forbearance, rather than nagging and verbal abuse.

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