The Bible does not say that women must be confined to their homes alone. Paul himself was acquainted with Priscilla, a woman who was a tent-maker by profession. There are other "working women" in the Bible - women who did not merely sit at home doing household chores. Women have the choice to work or to be a homemaker. So your comment is invalid.
Personally, I prefer a woman who has a career. The only time when she will need to take a sabbatical is when we have a child. I also prefer a woman who is competitive in everything she does, to a fair extent. I would hate to be married to a push-over. I think it is good to have a life partner who challenges me to be at my best everytime and everywhere.
Paul's acquaintance of a woman who was a tent-maker is beside the point. A wife who is a tent-maker could've easily been a proverbs 31 woman who was "busy at home" Titus 2:3-5 and[SUP] "[/SUP]watches over the affairs of her household" Proverbs 31:27.
I can tell that I explained myself badly. I don't think the scriptures support the idea that wives are confined to the home. You can see that the proverbs woman had a job herself. My mistake for using using the word home-maker. What I meant at heart is that a Godly wife is primarily to focus on the home and the needs of the household. That is what should happen according to scriptures... Your preference doesn't matter. I can prefer to lie... but, God's word says that's ungodly. Likewise a wife can prefer to not care about the household needs and she wouldn't be a wife of noble character.
What's your take on the verses below?
Proverbs 31 New International Version (NIV)
Sayings of King Lemuel
31 The sayings of King Lemuel—an inspired utterance his mother taught him.
[SUP]2 [/SUP]Listen, my son! Listen, son of my womb!
Listen, my son, the answer to my prayers!
[SUP]3 [/SUP]Do not spend your strength[SUP][
a][/SUP] on women,
your vigor on those who ruin kings.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]It is not for kings, Lemuel—
it is not for kings to drink wine,
not for rulers to crave beer,
[SUP]5 [/SUP]lest they drink and forget what has been decreed,
and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]Let beer be for those who are perishing,
wine for those who are in anguish!
[SUP]7 [/SUP]Let them drink and forget their poverty
and remember their misery no more.
[SUP]8 [/SUP]Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
for the rights of all who are destitute.
[SUP]9 [/SUP]Speak up and judge fairly;
defend the rights of the poor and needy.
Epilogue: The Wife of Noble Character
[SUP]10 [/SUP][SUP][
b][/SUP]A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies.
[SUP]11 [/SUP]Her husband has full confidence in her
and lacks nothing of value.
[SUP]12 [/SUP]She brings him good, not harm,
all the days of her life.
[SUP]13 [/SUP]She selects wool and flax
and works with eager hands.
[SUP]14 [/SUP]She is like the merchant ships,
bringing her food from afar.
[SUP]15 [/SUP]She gets up while it is still night;
she provides food for her family
and portions for her female servants.
[SUP]16 [/SUP]She considers a field and buys it;
out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.
[SUP]17 [/SUP]She sets about her work vigorously;
her arms are strong for her tasks.
[SUP]18 [/SUP]She sees that her trading is profitable,
and her lamp does not go out at night.
[SUP]19 [/SUP]In her hand she holds the distaff
and grasps the spindle with her fingers.
[SUP]20 [/SUP]She opens her arms to the poor
and extends her hands to the needy.
[SUP]21 [/SUP]When it snows, she has no fear for her household;
for all of them are clothed in scarlet.
[SUP]22 [/SUP]She makes coverings for her bed;
she is clothed in fine linen and purple.
[SUP]23 [/SUP]Her husband is respected at the city gate,
where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.
[SUP]24 [/SUP]She makes linen garments and sells them,
and supplies the merchants with sashes.
[SUP]25 [/SUP]She is clothed with strength and dignity;
she can laugh at the days to come.
[SUP]26 [/SUP]She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
[SUP]27 [/SUP]
She watches over the affairs of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
[SUP]28 [/SUP]Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
[SUP]29 [/SUP]“Many women do noble things,
but you surpass them all.”
[SUP]30 [/SUP]Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
[SUP]31 [/SUP]Honor her for all that her hands have done,
and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.
Titus 2:3-5
[SUP]3 [/SUP]Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. [SUP]4 [/SUP]Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, [SUP]5 [/SUP]to be self-controlled and pure,
to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.
