Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Love
Bible References
Love
Genesis 2:23
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."
Genesis 24:67
Then Isaac brought Rebekah into his mother Sarah's tent. He took her as his wife and loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
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.
Malachi 2:14
Yet you ask, "Why?" The Lord is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young, to whom you have become unfaithful even though she is your companion and wife by law.
Luke 14:26
"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, 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, 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.
Bitter
Colossians 3:21
Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become disheartened.
Romans 3:14
"Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness."
Ephesians 4:31
You must put away every kind of bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and evil, slanderous talk.
James 3:14
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.