31 Bible Verses about A Good Husband

Let a man pay his wife her due, and let a woman also pay her husband his.

because a husband is the Head of his wife as Christ also is the Head of the Church, being indeed the Saviour of this His Body.

Married women, in the same way, be submissive to your husbands, so that even if some of them disbelieve the Message, they may, apart from the Message, be won over by the daily life of their wives, after watching your daily life--

But to those already married my instructions are--yet not mine, but the Lord's--that a wife is not to leave her husband;

A married woman is not mistress of her own person: her husband has certain rights. In the same way a married man is not master of his own person: his wife has certain rights.

I now deal with the subjects mentioned in your letter. It is well for a man to abstain altogether from marriage.

wherever there is a man of blameless life, true to his one wife, having children who are themselves believers and are free from every reproach of profligacy or of stubborn self-will.

But because there is so much fornication every man should have a wife of his own, and every woman should have a husband.

"Go and call your husband," said Jesus; "and come back."

"If this is the case with a man in relation to his wife," said the disciples to Him, "it is better not to marry."

"for you have had five husbands, and the man you have at present is not your husband. You have spoken the truth in saying that."

Yet I insist that among you also, each man is to love his own wife as much as he loves himself, and let a married woman see to it that she treats her husband with respect.

A wife, for instance, whose husband is living is bound to him by the Law; but if her husband dies the law that bound her to him has now no hold over her.

For what assurance have you, O woman, as to whether you will save your husband? Or what assurance have you, O man, as to whether you will save your wife?

but a married man concerns himself with the business of the world--how he shall please his wife.

There is a difference too between a married and an unmarried woman. She who is unmarried concerns herself with the Lord's business--that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but the married woman concerns herself with the business of the world--how she shall please her husband.

Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death for her;

And a woman who has an unbelieving husband--if he consents to live with her, let her not separate from him.

or if she has already left him, let her either remain as she is or be reconciled to him; and that a husband is not to send away his wife.

Married men, be affectionate to your wives, and do not treat them harshly.

I would have you know, however, that of every man, Christ is the Head, that of a woman her husband is the Head, and that God is Christ's Head.

A deacon must be true to his one wife, and rule his children and his own household wisely and well.

Married men, in the same way, live with your wives with a clear recognition of the fact that they are weaker than you. Yet, since you are heirs with them of God's free gift of Life, treat them with honour; so that your prayers may not be hindered.

"I have no husband," she replied. "You rightly say that you have no husband," said Jesus;

A woman is bound to her husband during the whole period that he lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to marry whom she will, provided that he is a Christian.

For, in such cases, the unbelieving husband has become--and is--holy through union with a Christian woman, and the unbelieving wife is holy through union with a Christian brother. Otherwise your children would be unholy, but in reality they have a place among God's people.

At the Resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? for they all married her."

Married women, submit to your own husbands as if to the Lord;

Married women, be submissive to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

"Teacher," they said, "Moses enjoined, 'If a man die childless, his brother shall marry his widow, and raise up a family for him.'

So too married men ought to love their wives as much as they love themselves. He who loves his wife loves himself.