{"id":70533,"date":"2024-10-25T10:22:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T15:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=70533"},"modified":"2024-10-25T10:23:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T15:23:27","slug":"a-high-value-man-is-a-worthy-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/a-high-value-man-is-a-worthy-man\/","title":{"rendered":"A High Value Man Is a Worthy Man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>by Perry Hall<\/p>\n<p>A term used in our modern culture to describe men and women is &#8220;high value.&#8221; Sadly, &#8220;high value&#8221; is not God&#8217;s value. A &#8220;high value&#8221; man is judged based on income, height, looks, and other &#8220;biblically low values.&#8221; Also, a &#8220;high value&#8221; woman can look very little like a &#8220;worthy woman.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Many have heard Proverbs 31:10-31 used to describe a godly woman at a wedding or funeral (Hmmm, funny how a wedding and funeral are connected!). How about using this same passage to help men be worthy of a worthy woman?<\/p>\n<h2>He is willing to listen to his mother&#8217;s advice on women (Proverbs 31:10-31)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2022 After advising her son the king about being a king, the mother moves to advice on a more personal matter &#8211; marriage. This is a mother&#8217;s description of a worthy woman.<\/li>\n<li>We don&#8217;t live in a culture of arranged marriages, but such cultures have a lower divorce rate. Marriage is often based upon the wisdom of parents.<\/li>\n<li>Parents should train their children on how to choose a spouse.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Is Careful (Proverbs 31:10)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<em>A worthy woman, who can find?<\/em>&#8221; If a woman worth marrying is hard to find, shouldn&#8217;t a man be careful who he dates? Dating an unworthy woman leads to unworthy love and produces unworthy marriages. Worthy men are selective.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Trusts His Wife (Proverbs 31:11)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Trust is essential in relationships, and it includes a willingness to trust. Men who are always suspicious are weak and turn their trusting wives into miserable women.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Wise in His Own Right (Proverbs 31:23)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>While every man needs to listen to wisdom, he needs to grow into being wise instead of relying only on others. What woman would respect a man who couldn&#8217;t make a decision?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Respected by Others (Proverbs 31:23)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>If others don&#8217;t respect the man, then the prospective wife is asking for trouble!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Praises the Worthy Wife (Proverbs 31:28-31)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The specifics follow, but there are many ways a wife needs to hear her man&#8217;s praise. It makes her secure, a woman&#8217;s primary need, just as respect is the man&#8217;s.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Knows True Value Is Spiritual and Not Physical (Proverbs 31:30)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Neither men nor women can keep their looks with age, but their character can become even more beautiful. Plus, &#8220;beauty only&#8221; might be unfaithful, but &#8220;character and beauty&#8221; remains faithful.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Praises His Wife in Public (Proverbs 31:31)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Women need this as much as private praise. Plus, public praise for the wife makes the man off-limits in the minds of other women!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Calls on Others to Praise His Wife (Proverbs 31:31)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A good man builds his wife up by encouraging others to build her up. Life is fuller when people encourage one another instead of viewing others as competition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Want a worthy marriage? Before looking for a worthy woman, be a worthy man.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Perry Hall A term used in our modern culture to describe men and women is &#8220;high value.&#8221; Sadly, &#8220;high value&#8221; is not God&#8217;s value. A &#8220;high value&#8221; man is judged based on income, height, looks, and other &#8220;biblically low values.&#8221; Also, a &#8220;high value&#8221; woman can look very little like a &#8220;worthy woman.&#8221; Many&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1629,1577,64,668],"class_list":["post-70533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-husbands","tag-man","tag-marriage","tag-proverbs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":87124,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/honor-your-mother\/","url_meta":{"origin":70533,"position":0},"title":"Honor Your Mother","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Doy Moyer \"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you\" (Exodus 20:12). 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