47 Bible Verses about A Good Husband

Let the husband give to the wife what is right; and let the wife do the same to the husband.

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

Wives, be ruled by your husbands; so that even if some of them give no attention to the word, their hearts may be changed by the behaviour of their wives,

But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord, that the wife may not go away from her husband

The wife has not power over her body, but the husband; and in the same way the husband has not power over his body, but the wife.

She does him good and not evil all the days of her life.

Now, as to the things in your letter to me: It is good for a man to have nothing to do with a woman.

A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband; but she whose behaviour is a cause of shame is like a wasting disease in his bones.

Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled.

A newly married man will not have to go out with the army or undertake any business, but may be free for one year, living in his house for the comfort of his wife.

Whoever gets a wife gets a good thing, and has the approval of the Lord.

House and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.

But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

Her husband is a man of note in the public place, when he takes his seat among the responsible men of the land.

The heart of her husband has faith in her, and he will have profit in full measure.

Jesus said to her, Go, get your husband and come back here with him.

The disciples say to him, If this is the position of a man in relation to his wife, it is better not to be married.

You have had five husbands, and the man you have now is not your husband: that was truly said.

But do you, everyone, have love for his wife, even as for himself; and let the wife see that she has respect for her husband.

For the master of the house is away on a long journey:

For the woman who has a husband is placed by the law under the power of her husband as long as he is living; but if her husband is dead, she is free from the law of the husband.

For how may you be certain, O wife, that you will not be the cause of salvation to your husband? or you, O husband, that you may not do the same for your wife?

But the married man gives his attention to the things of this world, how he may give pleasure to his wife.

And the wife is not the same as the virgin. The virgin gives her mind to the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit: but the married woman takes thought for the things of the world, how she may give pleasure to her husband.

Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;

And if a woman has a husband who is not a Christian, and it is his desire to go on living with her, let her not go away from her husband.

(Or if she goes away from him, let her keep unmarried, or be united to her husband again); and that the husband may not go away from his wife.

Husbands, have love for your wives, and be not bitter against them.

But it is important for you to keep this fact in mind, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

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

For your Maker is your husband; the Lord of armies is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is he who takes up your cause; he will be named the God of all the earth.

And you husbands, give thought to your way of life with your wives, giving honour to the woman who is the feebler vessel, but who has an equal part in the heritage of the grace of life; so that you may not be kept from prayer.

In answer, the woman said, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You have said rightly, I have no husband:

It is right for a wife to be with her husband as long as he is living; but when her husband is dead, she is free to be married to another; but only to a Christian.

For the husband who has not faith is made holy through his Christian wife, and the wife who is not a Christian is made holy through the brother: if not, your children would be unholy, but now are they holy.

When they come back from the dead, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? because they all had her.

Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord.

And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him

If any man takes a wife, and having had connection with her, has no delight in her,

Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as is right in the Lord.

Now this man was named Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail: she was a woman of good sense and pleasing looks: but the man was cruel and evil in his ways; he was of the family of Caleb.

Master, Moses said, If a man, at the time of his death, has no children, let his brother take his wife, and get a family for his brother;

Even so it is right for husbands to have love for their wives as for their bodies. He who has love for his wife has love for himself:

And when she has gone away from him, she may become another man's wife.

Every oath, and every undertaking which she gives, to keep herself from pleasure, may be supported or broken by her husband.

Her first husband, who had sent her away, may not take her back after she has been wife to another; for that is disgusting to the Lord: and you are not to be a cause of sin in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.

A hated woman when she is married; and a servant-girl who takes the place of her master's wife.