Bad Husbands

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

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

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

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

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. — read the full passage →

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

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

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

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

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; — read the full passage →

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

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

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

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

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.

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

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

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

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. — read the full passage →

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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

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

For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.

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

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. — read the full passage →

To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

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

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

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

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. — read the full passage →

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. — read the full passage →

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

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: — read the full passage →

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

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. — read the full passage →

And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. — read the full passage →

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

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

Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. — read the full passage →

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; — read the full passage →

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. — read the full passage →

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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

The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; — read the full passage →

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

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. — read the full passage →

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

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

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. — read the full passage →

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — read the full passage →

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.