Bad Husbands

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.

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

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

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

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

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

the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment;

Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee. — 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.

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a 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.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

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

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

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;

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each 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, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

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

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

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

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

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

For no word from God shall be void of power.

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.

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

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.

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

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;

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

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

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.

He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.

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

Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth. — read the full passage →

to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection 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 up for it; — read the full passage →

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

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.

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 →

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

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

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.

But God commendeth his own 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 Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be charged with any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he hath taken.

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 →

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

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 →

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

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

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

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

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

But from the beginning of the creation, Male and female made he them. — read the full passage →

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 →

But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.

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

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

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 →

Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. — 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 →

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.

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 →

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 righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; — read the full passage →

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 →

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

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

The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

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 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?

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

Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.

Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.

and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the 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 he was subject unto them: and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

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

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: 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 who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; — read the full passage →

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling: