Duties Of A Wife

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 →

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

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →

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

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;

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.

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

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.

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

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. — read the full passage →

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 →

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

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

And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. — 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 →

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.

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

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

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

The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

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:

For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.

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 →

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

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. — read the full passage →

Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

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?

Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

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 →

She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.

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

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

She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.

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.

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 →

She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

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. — read the full passage →

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.

As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →

But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.

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

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.

Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. — read the full passage →

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

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

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.

She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.

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 →

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.

But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: — read the full passage →

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

Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

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

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

Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. — 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.