Pleasing Your Husband

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;

She doeth him good and not evil All the days of her life.

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.

But as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their husbands in everything.

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

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

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

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

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.

But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

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 heart of her husband trusteth in her, And he shall have no lack of gain.

Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord: — read the full passage →

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

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 →

Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; Buta woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.

She seeketh wool and flax, And worketh willingly with her hands. — read the full passage →

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

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

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee; — read the full passage →

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therein to be content.

If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men.

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

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.

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

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

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

Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husbandalso, and he praiseth her, saying:

The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power over his own body, but the wife.

But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord: — read the full passage →

I have been young, and now am old; Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread.

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 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?

But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

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

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of 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;

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

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers: — read the full passage →

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

Her husband is known in the gates, When he sitteth among the elders of the land.

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat. — read the full passage →

And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — 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 say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

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

but he that is married is careful for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

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.

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s. — read the full passage →

and is divided. So also the woman that is unmarried and the virgin is careful for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married is careful for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

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

She seeketh wool and flax, And worketh willingly with her hands.

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

Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word.

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.

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

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

for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;

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

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.

For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O husband, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

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

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.

She is like the merchant-ships; She bringeth her bread from afar.

to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

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

to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:

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

Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

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

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.

She maketh for herself carpets of tapestry; Her clothing is fine linen and purple.

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

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

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

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

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.

casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →

but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.

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 →

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

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

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

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

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 I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you, — read the full passage →

For no word from God shall be void of power.