Wives

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 →

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

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, and be not bitter against them.

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

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

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

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

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

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 →

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. — read the full passage →

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

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.

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;

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

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.

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;

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

And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

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

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

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 →

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

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

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

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

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

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

The heart of her husband trusteth in her, And he shall have no lack of gain. — read the full passage →

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

Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth adultery.

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.

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

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

For no word from God shall be void of power.

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

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

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

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

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 →

And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren: — read the full passage →

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

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.

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

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 →

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

And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded: — read the full passage →

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. — 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:

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 →

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

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 →

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.

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

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

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, — read the full passage →

And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness. — read the full passage →

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

Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. — read the full passage →

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.

Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

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 →

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 →

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;

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

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 →

But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;

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. — read the full passage →

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?

The heart of her husband trusteth in her, And he shall have no lack of gain. — read the full passage →

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. — read the full passage →

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

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy. — read the full passage →

Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?

He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. — read the full passage →

Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise thee. — read the full passage →

instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world;

Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →