Whether a man ought to look to the good government of his house is a question beyond all doubt. He is the highest in the family, and has both authority over all, and the responsibility of all is committed to him. . . . That the wife also ought to be a help to him there, is very evident, for the apostle makes it plainly their responsibility that they govern the house (1 Tim. 5:14). Would the wise man have so highly commended a wife for well governing her husband’s house if it had not applied to her (Prov. 31)?

William Gouge, Building a Godly Home, Vol. 2: A Holy Vision for a Happy Marriage, 88.