The Jewish Wisdom Database

A man whose first wife dies is as though the Temple was destroyed in his lifetime.

The bride with beautiful eyes need not worry about her figure.

Every bride is beautiful.

Our sages recommended that a father should spend less than his means on food, up to his means on dress, and beyond his means for his wife and children.

A man should eat slowly, properly, even if he eats alone.

If an orphan boy and an orphan girl need support, or apply for a marriage grant, the girl is cared for first. The boy may beg, but not the girl.

A faithless husband makes a faithless wife.

When a man marries, his sins decrease.

A man without a wife has no defense against temptation.

One, two, three, four, Marry your girl at the early score! Do not philander, do not delay, Or somebody else will snatch her away!

Who takes a wife late leaves orphans early.

A beautiful wife enlarges a man's spirit.

A beautiful wife makes for happiness and her husband's days are doubled.

Wives save men from sin.

Husband and wife are like one flesh.

I never call my wife 'wife': I call her 'home'---for it is she who makes my home.

God did not create woman fom man's head, that he should command her; nor from his feet, that she should be his slave; but from his side, that she should be nearest his heart.

Be careful to honor your wife, for blessing enters the house only because of the wife.

Who loves his wife as himself and respects her more than himself, who guides his sons and daughters in the straight path and weds them timely, of him it is said: [Job (Iyov) 5:24] 'You shall know that your tent is safe.'