'Wife' in the Bible

and Jesse begat David the king. And David begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Uriah;

But when he thought on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took unto him his wife;

It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

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.

And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying sick of a fever.

For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

But forasmuch as he had not wherewith to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

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?

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.

The disciples say unto him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.

saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first married and deceased, and having no seed left his wife unto his brother;

In the resurrection therefore whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

And while he was sitting on the judgment-seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that righteous man; for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

Now Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever; and straightway they tell him of her:

For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; for he had married her.

For John said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.

And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? trying him.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife;

And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her:

Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave a wife behind him, and leave no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

There were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed;

In the resurrection whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.

There was in the days of Herod, king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah: and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: because thy supplication is heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.

And after these days Elisabeth his wife conceived; and she hid herself five months, saying,

but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother's wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,

And he rose up from the synagogue, and entered into the house of Simon. And Simon's wife's mother was holden with a great fever; and they besought him for her.

and Joanna the wife of Chuzas Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered unto them of their substance.

And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

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.

Remember Lot's wife.

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or wife, or brethren, or parents, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,

and they asked him, saying, Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, that if a man's brother die, having a wife, and he be childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died childless;

In the resurrection therefore whose wife of them shall she be? for the seven had her to wife.

These things therefore the soldiers did. But there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

and kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles feet.

And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.

And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome: and he came unto them;

But after certain days, Felix came with Drusilla, his wife, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.

It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that one of you hath his father's wife.

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

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

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.

But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband

(but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife.

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.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? Or how knowest thou, O husband, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.

but he that is married is careful for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

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.

Have we no right to lead about a wife that is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

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

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

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

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

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

Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.

Let us rejoice and be exceeding glad, and let us give the glory unto him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were laden with the seven last plagues; and he spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb.