Role Of The Husband

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, 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.

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

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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 →

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

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

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

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

For after this manner aforetime the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands: — read the full passage →

but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

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;

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 →

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

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

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

one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; — read the full passage →

and Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression:

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — 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 →

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

and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church,

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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 →

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 →

And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judæa beyond the Jordan; — read the full passage →

It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: — read the full passage →

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.

Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husbandalso, and he praiseth her, saying: — read the full passage →

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward. — read the full passage →

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye now are, if ye do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.

Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

For Adam was first formed, then Eve;

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. — read the full passage →

Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, — read the full passage →

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

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. — read the full passage →

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law. — read the full passage →

What is it then, brethren? When ye come together, each one hath a psalm, hath a teaching, hath a revelation, hath a tongue, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.

For Christ also pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell upon me.

For while we were yet weak, in due season Christ died for the ungodly.

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

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

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — 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 →

And Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they who are accounted to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them. — 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 →

A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike: — read the full passage →

Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, That walketh in his ways. — read the full passage →

Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; — read the full passage →

And it came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah: — read the full passage →

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

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church.

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: — read the full passage →

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.