Gen 29:18-19, 27, Pro 18:22, 19:14, 31:10-11, Hos 3:2, 12:12, Eph 5:25 | ESV | STEP | Jacob loved Rachel . And he said , I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel .

Genesis 29:18-19

18 Jacob loved Rachel. And he said, ^a“I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.” 19 Laban said, “It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to any other man; stay with me.”

Genesis 29:27

27 ^bComplete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also in return for serving me another seven years.”

Proverbs 18:22

22 He who finds ^ca wife finds ^da good thing
and ^eobtains favor ^ffrom the Lord.

Proverbs 19:14

14 ^gHouse and wealth are inherited from fathers,
but a prudent wife is ^hfrom the Lord.

Proverbs 31:10-11

The Woman Who Fears the Lord

10 ^{▼▼Verses 10–31 are an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet} ^jAn excellent wife who can find?
She is far more precious than ^kjewels.
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her,
and he will have no lack of gain.

Hosea 3:2

2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a ^lhomer and a lethech ^{▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams; a homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters; a lethech was about 3 bushels or 110 liters} of barley.

Hosea 12:12

12 ⁿJacob fled to the land of Aram;
there Israel ^oserved for a wife,
and for a wife he guarded sheep.

Ephesians 5:25

25 ^pHusbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and ^qgave himself up for her,