Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Love
Bible References
Love
Genesis 2:23
And the man said:
This one, at last, is bone of my bone
and flesh of my flesh;
this one will be called “woman,”
for she was taken from man.
and flesh of my flesh;
this one will be called “woman,”
for she was taken from man.
Genesis 24:67
And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah to be his wife. Isaac loved her, and he was comforted after his mother’s death.
Proverbs 5:18 Let your fountain be blessed,
and take pleasure in the wife of your youth.
and take pleasure in the wife of your youth.
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting life, which has been given to you under the sun, all your fleeting days. For that is your portion in life and in your struggle under the sun.
Malachi 2:14
Yet you ask, “For what reason?” Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have acted treacherously against her, though she was your marriage partner and your wife by covenant.
Luke 14:26 “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, and even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
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, live with your wives with an understanding of their weaker nature yet showing them honor as coheirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
Bitter
Colossians 3:21 Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so they won’t become discouraged.
Romans 3:14 Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.
Ephesians 4:31
All bitterness, anger and wrath, shouting and slander must be removed from you, along with all malice.
James 3:14
But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and deny the truth.