- Ephesians 5:25 (NIV):
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her”
- Colossians 3:19 (NIV):
“Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.”
- 1 Peter 3:7 (NIV):
“Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.”
- Proverbs 31:10 (NIV):
“A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.”
- 1 Corinthians 7:3 (NIV):
“The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.”
- Genesis 2:24 (NIV):
“That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.”
- Proverbs 18:22 (NIV):
“He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord.”
- Proverbs 19:14 (NIV):
“Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.”
- Matthew 19:6 (NIV):
“So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
- 1 Timothy 5:8 (NIV):
“Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”
- Ephesians 5:28-29 (NIV):
“In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church—”
- Proverbs 31:11 (NIV):
“Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value.”
- Song of Solomon 5:16 (NIV):
“His mouth is sweetness itself; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.”
- Malachi 2:14 (NIV):
“You ask, ‘Why?’ It is because the Lord is the witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.”
- 1 Peter 3:1 (NIV):
“Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives”
- Proverbs 12:4 (NIV):
“A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.”
- Proverbs 31:12 (NIV):
“She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.”
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (NIV):
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”
- Proverbs 31:28-29 (NIV):
“Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: ‘Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.’ “
- Genesis 2:18 (NIV):
“The Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.’ “
- Titus 2:4-5 (NIV):
“Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.”
- 1 Corinthians 11:11 (NIV):
“Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.”
- Proverbs 31:26 (NIV):
“She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.”
- Ephesians 5:33 (NIV):
“However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.”
- Proverbs 31:30 (NIV):
“Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.”
- Proverbs 5:18-19 (NIV):
“May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. A loving doe, a graceful deer— may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be intoxicated with her love.”
- 1 Corinthians 7:33-34 (NIV):
“But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife— and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband.”
- Proverbs 14:1 (NIV):
“The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.”
- 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIV):
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”
- Ephesians 5:28 (NIV):
“In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.”