Pleasing Your Husband

Let the husband render to his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. — read the full passage →

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;

She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

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

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bear children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

But I don’t permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

The heart of her husband trusts in her. He shall have no lack of gain.

I have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children walking in truth.

Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned 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 assembly, and gave himself up for it;

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

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

She seeks wool and flax, and works eagerly with her hands. — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you; — read the full passage →

Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.

If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.

For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

But say the things which fit sound doctrine, — read the full passage →

“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”

Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.

Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:

The wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise also the husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but the wife.

But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned 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 I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for 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 a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?’

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

Let the husband render to his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; — read the full passage →

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

Her husband is respected in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.

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

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

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

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

but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.

For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

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

There is also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world—how she may please her husband.

Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth. — read the full passage →

She seeks wool and flax, and works eagerly with her hands.

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.

but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.

Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to 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 nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly;

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

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

Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

She is like the merchant ships. She brings her bread from afar.

that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.

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

Let servants 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.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

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

She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy.

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

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.

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

Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares 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 by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

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

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →

Be 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 living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, — read the full passage →

For everything spoken by God is possible.”