Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right. "Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely, "that it may go well with you and that you will live a long time on the earth." read more.
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart as to Christ, not like those who do their work only when someone is watching -- as people-pleasers -- but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart. Obey with enthusiasm, as though serving the Lord and not people, because you know that each person, whether slave or free, if he does something good, this will be rewarded by the Lord.

1 Peter 3:1-7

In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live, when they see your pure and reverent conduct. Let your beauty not be external -- the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes -- read more.
but the inner person of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God's sight. For in the same way the holy women who hoped in God long ago adorned themselves by being subject to their husbands, like Sarah who obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You become her children when you do what is good and have no fear in doing so. Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.

Duty » Daily » Husbands'

Deuteronomy 24:5

When a man is newly married, he need not go into the army nor be obligated in any way; he must be free to stay at home for a full year and bring joy to the wife he has married.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her

Genesis 2:23-24

Then the man said, "This one at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called 'woman,' for she was taken out of man." That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.

Proverbs 5:18

May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in your young wife --

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Enjoy life with your beloved wife during all the days of your fleeting life that God has given you on earth during all your fleeting days; for that is your reward in life and in your burdensome work on earth.

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Mark 10:7

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,

Verse Concepts

1 Corinthians 7:11

(but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife.

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1 Peter 3:7

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.

Grace » Saints » Are heirs of

1 Peter 3:7

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.

Heirs » Spiritual » Spiritual

Romans 4:13

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

Verse Concepts

Galatians 3:29

And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendants, heirs according to the promise.

Romans 8:17

And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ) -- if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.

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Galatians 4:7

So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if you are a son, then you are also an heir through God.

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Hebrews 1:14

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?

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Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Hebrews 6:17

In the same way God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable, and so he intervened with an oath,

Verse Concepts

1 Peter 3:7

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.

Titus 3:7

And so, since we have been justified by his grace, we become heirs with the confident expectation of eternal life."

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Deuteronomy 24:5

When a man is newly married, he need not go into the army nor be obligated in any way; he must be free to stay at home for a full year and bring joy to the wife he has married.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her

Genesis 2:23-24

Proverbs 5:18

May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in your young wife --

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Verse Concepts

Mark 10:7

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,

Verse Concepts

1 Corinthians 7:11

(but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife.

Verse Concepts

1 Peter 3:7

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.

Honor » Who to honor

Romans 12:10

Be devoted to one another with mutual love, showing eagerness in honoring one another.

Mark 7:10

For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.'

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Exodus 20:12

"Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving to you.

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Ephesians 6:2-3

"Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely, "that it may go well with you and that you will live a long time on the earth."

Deuteronomy 5:16

Honor your father and your mother just as the Lord your God has commanded you to do, so that your days may be extended and that it may go well with you in the land that he is about to give you.

1 Peter 2:17

Honor all people, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the king.

1 Peter 3:7

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.

Matthew 19:19

Husbands' » Duty of, to wives » To respect them

1 Peter 3:7

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.

Marriage » The duties of a husband

Deuteronomy 24:5

When a man is newly married, he need not go into the army nor be obligated in any way; he must be free to stay at home for a full year and bring joy to the wife he has married.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her

1 Peter 3:7

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.

Colossians 3:19

Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.

Proverbs 5:15-20

Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well. Should your springs be dispersed outside, your streams of water in the wide plazas? Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you. read more.
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in your young wife -- a loving doe, a graceful deer; may her breasts satisfy you at all times, may you be captivated by her love always. But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?

1 Corinthians 7:1-3

Now with regard to the issues you wrote about: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman." But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband. A husband should give to his wife her sexual rights, and likewise a wife to her husband.

Prayer » Avoid hindrances in

1 Peter 3:7

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.

Social duties » Fidelity in business » Husbands' duties

Deuteronomy 24:5

When a man is newly married, he need not go into the army nor be obligated in any way; he must be free to stay at home for a full year and bring joy to the wife he has married.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her

Genesis 2:23-24

Proverbs 5:18

May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in your young wife --

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Verse Concepts

Mark 10:7

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,

Verse Concepts

1 Corinthians 7:11

(but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife.

Verse Concepts

1 Peter 3:7

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.

Spiritual » Hearing » Heirs of God

Romans 4:13

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

Verse Concepts

Galatians 3:29

And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendants, heirs according to the promise.

Romans 8:17

And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ) -- if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.

Verse Concepts

Galatians 4:7

So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if you are a son, then you are also an heir through God.

Verse Concepts

Hebrews 1:14

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?

Verse Concepts

Hebrews 11:7

Hebrews 6:17

In the same way God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable, and so he intervened with an oath,

Verse Concepts

1 Peter 3:7

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.

Titus 3:7

And so, since we have been justified by his grace, we become heirs with the confident expectation of eternal life."

Titles and names of saints » Heirs of the grace of life

1 Peter 3:7

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.

Woman » Characterized as » Weaker than man

1 Peter 3:7

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.

Women » Weaker than men

1 Peter 3:7

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.