47 Bible Verses about A Good Husband

The husband must fulfill his obligation to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

because [the] husband is [the] head of the wife, as also Christ [is the] head of the church (he himself [being the] Savior of the body).

In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some are disobedient to the word, they may be won over without a word by the conduct of their wives,

To the married I command--not I, but the Lord--a wife must not separate from [her] husband.

The wife does not have authority over her own body, but her husband [does]. And likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but his wife [does].

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

Now concerning [the things] about which you wrote: "[It is] good for a man not to touch a woman."

A woman of strength [is] the crown of her master, but like rot in his bones is she who brings shame.

If anyone is blameless, [the] husband of one wife, having faithful children, not {accused of dissipation} or rebellious.

"When a man takes a new wife he shall not go out with the army, and {he shall not be obligated with anything}; he shall be free from obligation, {to stay at home} for one year, and he shall bring joy [to] his wife that he took.

He who finds a wife finds good, and he will obtain favor from Yahweh.

A house and wealth [are] an inheritance [from] fathers, but from Yahweh [comes] a woman who is prudent.

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

Her husband is known at the gates, in his seat among the elders of the land.

The heart of her husband trusts in her, and gain he will not lack.

He said to her, "Go, call your husband and come here."

The disciples said to him, "If this is the case of a man with his wife, it would be better not to marry!"

for you have had five husbands, and [the one] whom you have now is not your husband; this you have said truthfully!"

Only you also, each one [of you], must thus love his own wife as himself, and the wife {must respect} her husband.

For there is no man in his home; he has gone on a {long journey}.

For the married woman is bound by law to [her] husband while he lives, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of the husband.

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 the one who is married cares for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

and he is divided. And the unmarried woman or the virgin cares for the things of the Lord, in order that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But the married woman cares for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

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

And if any wife has an unbelieving husband and he consents to live with her, she must not divorce her husband.

But if indeed she does separate, she must remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce [his] wife.

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

But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man [is the] head of the woman, and [the] head of Christ [is] God.

Deacons must be husbands of one wife, managing [their] children and their own households well.

For your husband [is] your maker, his name [is] Yahweh of hosts; and your redeemer [is] the holy one of Israel, he is called the God of all of the earth.

Husbands, in the same way live with [your wives] {knowledgeably}, as with the weaker female vessel, showing [them] honor as fellow heirs also of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

The woman answered and said to him, "I do not have a husband." Jesus said to her, "You have said rightly, 'I do not have a husband,'

A wife is bound for as long a time [as] her husband lives. But if her husband {dies}, she is free to marry whomever she wishes, only in the Lord.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother, since otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her [as wife]."

--wives to their own husbands as to the Lord,

Then Yahweh God said, "[it is] not good [that] the man is alone. I will make for him a helper {as his counterpart}."

"If a man takes a woman and {he has sex with her}, but [he] then {dislikes her},

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

The name of the man [was] Nabal, and the name of his wife [was] Abigail. Now the woman [was] wise and beautiful, but the man [was] stubborn and {mean}, and he [was] as his heart.

saying, "Teacher, Moses said if someone dies without having children, his brother is to marry his wife and {father} descendants for his brother.

Thus also husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. The one who loves his own wife loves himself.

and she goes from his house, and she goes [out] and becomes [a wife] {for another man},

"Any vow and any sworn oath of a pledge to inflict on herself, her husband can confirm it or her husband can nullify it.

her first husband who sent her [away] is not allowed {to take her again} to become a wife to him after she has {been defiled}, for that [is] a detestable thing {before} Yahweh, and [so] you shall not mislead into sin the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you [as an] inheritance.

under an unloved woman when she gets married, and a maid when she succeeds her mistress.