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Ten Commandments for Wives
Elder LeGrand Richards, Quorum of the Twelve
Ricks College Devotional, 1972
1. Honor thine own womanhood that thy days may be long and happy in the house which thy husband provideth for thee.
2. Expect not thy husband to give thee as many luxuries as thy father hath given thee, after many years of labor and economy.
3. Forget not the virtue of good humor, for verily, all that a man hath will he give for a woman’s smile.
4. Thou shalt not nag.
5. Thou shalt coddle thy husband, for verily every man loveth to be fussed over.
6. Remember that the frank approval of thy husband meaneth more to thy happiness than the side-long glances of many strangers.
7. Forget not the graces of cleanliness and good dressing.
8. Permit no one to assure thee that thou art having a hard time of it, neither thy mother nor thy sister nor thy maiden aunt nor any of thy kinfolk, for the judge will not hold thee guiltless for letting another disparage thy husband.
9. Keep thy home with all diligence, for out of it will come the joys of thine old age.
10. Commit thy ways unto the Lord thy God and thy children shall rise up and call thee blessed.
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I love it too!Thank you for sharing.BY the way, do you have the ten Commandments for husbands as well?
Do you have the link for this talk? I've looked everywhere but cannot find it. It's so good!
I don't have the ten Commandments for husbands, and I don't have the link for this talk either. I did in 2008 but I didn't keep it and it seems to have disappeared from the internet! I'm sorry!
Hi Kristin - I hope this will help for those looking for the second part:
TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR THE HUSBAND
1. Remember that thy wife is thy partner, not thy property.
2. Do not expect thy wife to be wife and wage earner at the same time.
3. Think not that thy business is none of thy wife’s business.
4. Thou shalt hold thy wife’s love by the same means that thou won it.
5. Thou shalt make the building of thy home thy first business.
6. Thou shalt co-operate with thy wife in establishing family discipline.
7. Thou shalt enter into thy home with cheerfulness.
8. Thou shalt not let anyone criticize thy wife to thy face and get away with it, neither thy father nor thy mother not thy brethren nor thy sisters nor any of thy relatives.
9. Thou shalt not take thy wife for granted.
10. Remember thy home and keep it holy.
Elder LeGrand Richards, Devotional – Rick’s College, 1972 – Found in: Achieving a Celestial Marriage Manual, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Page 71)
Regards
Kevin
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