47 Bible Verses about A Good Husband

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

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body.

In the same way, you wives, be submissive to your own husbands so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives,

But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband

The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

She does him good and not evil
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.

An excellent wife is the crown of her husband,
But she who shames him is like rottenness in his bones.

namely, if any man is above reproach, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of dissipation or rebellion.

“When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out with the army nor be charged with any duty; he shall be free at home one year and shall give happiness to his wife whom he has taken.

He who finds a wife finds a good thing
And obtains favor from the Lord.

House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers,
But a prudent wife is from the Lord.

But because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband.

Her husband is known in the gates,
When he sits among the elders of the land.

The heart of her husband trusts in her,
And he will have no lack of gain.

He *said to her, “Go, call your husband and come here.”

The disciples *said to Him, “If the relationship of the man with his wife is like this, it is better not to marry.”

for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; this you have said truly.”

Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband.

“For my husband is not at home,
He has gone on a long journey;

For the married woman is bound by law to her husband while he is living; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law concerning the husband.

For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?

but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

and his interests are divided. The woman who is unmarried, and the virgin, is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but one who is married is concerned about 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 up for her,

And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she must not send her husband away.

(but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce his wife.

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

But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.

Deacons must be husbands of only one wife, and good managers of their children and their own households.

“For your husband is your Maker,
Whose name is the Lord of hosts;
And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel,
Who is called the God of all the earth.

You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus *said to her, “You have correctly said, ‘I have no husband’;

A wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband is dead, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband; for 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 married her.”

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.”

“If any man takes a wife and goes in to her and then turns against her,

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

(now the man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. And the woman was intelligent and beautiful in appearance, but the man was harsh and evil in his dealings, and he was a Calebite),

asking, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having no children, his brother as next of kin shall marry his wife, and raise up children for his brother.’

So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;

and she leaves his house and goes and becomes another man’s wife,

“Every vow and every binding oath to humble herself, her husband may confirm it or her husband may annul it.

then her former husband who sent her away is not allowed to take her again to be his wife, since she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the Lord, and you shall not bring sin on the land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance.

Under an unloved woman when she gets a husband,
And a maidservant when she supplants her mistress.