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Sweet Wife
"Sweet Wife"
One time a brother made a interesting comment as he talked about Ahab and his "sweet wife" Jezebel. "Sweet wife" was used as irony in his lesson. Irony is a figure of speech, where one says the opposite of what one means. Figurative language is used to get attention and to stress a point. And indeed, calling Jezebel, Ahab’s "sweet wife" certainly get’s one attention and conveys the truth about that truly wicked woman. Now a good wife can be a real blessing of the Lord, Proverbs 18:22, "Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD." And again we read in Proverbs 31:30 "Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised." Now it is truly wonderful to have a "sweet wife" (as some of us have been so blessed) but then again, one could get a "Jezebel" for a wife, and such would be very unpleasant! Consider Proverbs 19:13, "A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping." Just as water dripping at a faucet gets on your nerves and is annoying, so are the contentions of a wife. And a wicked wife life Jezebel would get on the nerves of any man who was trying to do right. Yes, irony can be an effective tool in communicating truth.
