'Wife' in the Bible

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

but while he pondered on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take to thee Mary, thy wife, for that which is begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit.

But Joseph, having awoke up from his sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had enjoined him, and took to him his wife,

It has been said too, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a letter of divorce.

But I say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, except for cause of fornication, makes her commit adultery, and whosoever marries one that is put away commits adultery.

For Herod had seized John, and had bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother.

But he not having anything to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and his children, and everything that he had, and that payment should be made.

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

and said, On account of this a man shall leave father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh?

But I say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, not for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery; and he who marries one put away commits adultery.

His disciples say to him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

And every one who has left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit life eternal.

saying, Teacher, Moses said, If any one die, not having children, his brother shall marry his wife and shall raise up seed to his brother.

Now there were with us seven brethren; and the first having married died, and not having seed, left his wife to his brother.

In the resurrection therefore of which of the seven shall she be wife, for all had her?

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

For the same Herod had sent and seized John, and had bound him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.

For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have the wife of thy brother.

And Pharisees coming to him asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? (tempting him).

For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be united to his wife,

And he says to them, Whosoever shall put away his wife and shall marry another, commits adultery against her.

Jesus answering said, Verily I say to you, There is no one who has left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake and for the sake of the gospel,

Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if any one's brother die, and leave a wife behind, and leave no children, that his brother shall take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.

There were seven brethren; and the first took a wife, and dying did not leave seed;

In the resurrection, when they shall rise again, of which of them shall she be wife, for the seven had her as wife?

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abia, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.

But the angel said to him, Fear not, Zacharias, because thy supplication has been heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

And Zacharias said to the angel, How shall I know this, for I am an old man, and my wife advanced in years?

Now after these days, Elizabeth his wife conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,

to be inscribed in the census roll with Mary who was betrothed to him as his wife, she being great with child.

But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him as to Herodias, the wife of his brother, and as to all the wicked things which Herod had done,

and Joanna, wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to him of their substance.

And another said, I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come.

If any man come to me, and shall not hate his own father and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple;

Every one who puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery; and every one that marries one put away from a husband commits adultery.

Remember the wife of Lot.

And he said to them, Verily I say to you, There is no one who has left home, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,

demanded of him saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one's brother, who has a wife, die, and he die childless, his brother shall take the wife and raise up seed to his brother.

There were then seven brethren: and the first, having taken a wife, died childless;

In the resurrection therefore of which of them does she become wife, for the seven had her as wife?

And by the cross of Jesus stood his mother, and the sister of his mother, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.

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

and put aside for himself part of the price, his wife also being privy to it; and having brought a certain part, laid it at the feet of the apostles.

And it came to pass about three hours afterwards, that his wife, not knowing what had happened, came in.

and finding a certain Jew by name Aquila, of Pontus by race, just come from Italy, and Priscilla his wife, (because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome,) came to them,

And after certain days, Felix having arrived with Drusilla his wife, who was a Jewess, he sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.

It is universally reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the nations, so that one should have his father's wife.

but on account of fornications, let each have his own wife, and each woman have her own husband.

Let the husband render her due to the wife, and in like manner the wife to the husband.

The wife has not authority over her own body, but the husband: in like manner also the husband has not authority over his own body, but the wife.

But to the married I enjoin, not I, but the Lord, Let not wife be separated from husband;

(but if also she shall have been separated, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband;) and let not husband leave wife.

But as to the rest, I say, not the Lord, If any brother have an unbelieving wife, and she consent 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; since otherwise indeed your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

For what knowest thou, O wife, if thou shalt save thy husband? or what knowest thou, O husband, if thou shalt save thy wife?

Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; art thou free from a wife? do not seek a wife.

but he that has married cares for the things of the world, how he shall please his wife.

There is a difference between the wife and the virgin. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but she that has married cares for the things of the world, how she shall please her husband.

A wife is bound for whatever time her husband lives; but if the husband be fallen asleep, she is free to be married to whom she will, only in the Lord.

have we not a right to take round a sister as wife, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

for a husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ is head of the assembly. He is Saviour of the body.

So ought men also to love their own wives as their own bodies: he that loves his own wife loves himself.

Because of this a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.

But ye also, every one of you, let each so love his own wife as himself; but as to the wife I speak that she may fear the husband.

The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;

Let the ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting their children and their own houses well:

Let a widow be put upon the list, being of not less than sixty years, having been wife of one man,

if any one be free from all charge against him, husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of excess or unruly.

Let us rejoice and exult, and give him glory; for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife has made herself ready.

And there came one of the seven angels which had had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues, and spoke with me, saying, Come here, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.