Abusive Husbands

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her. — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →

Yet if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart: the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us in peace.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? trying him. — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever. — read the full passage →

And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. — read the full passage →

Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself: — read the full passage →

He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his covenant. — read the full passage →

And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? — read the full passage →

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

This isthe end of the matter; all hath been heard: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man. — read the full passage →

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: — read the full passage →

But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband — read the full passage →

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

(but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife.

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

And whosoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble, it were better for him if a great millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

they that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father go unto the same maiden, to profane my holy name:

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

A fool uttereth all his anger; But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth it.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.

but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.

Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives;

We love, because he first loved us.

Jesus said, Make the people sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; — read the full passage →

It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing. — read the full passage →

Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth adultery.

Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses:

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. — read the full passage →

but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.

Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →

But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.

House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting. — read the full passage →

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works; — read the full passage →

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? trying him.

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; — read the full passage →

and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh.

but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — read the full passage →

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. — read the full passage →

Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;

Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath of God: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her.

But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. — read the full passage →

Jehovah trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but for man there was not found a help meet for him. — read the full passage →

And every one that hath this hope set on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

And I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorcement, yet treacherous Judah her sister feared not; but she also went and played the harlot.

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?

When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all meekness toward all men.

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:

but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.