45 Bible Verses about Husband And Wife

It is not the wife who has the rights to her own body, but the husband. In the same way, it is not the husband who has the rights to his own body, but the wife.

because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church -- he himself being the savior of the body.

When a man is newly married, he need not go into the army nor be obligated in any way; he must be free to stay at home for a full year and bring joy to the wife he has married.

In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her."

A husband should give to his wife her sexual rights, and likewise a wife to her husband.

To the married I give this command -- not I, but the Lord -- a wife should not divorce a husband

If they want to find out about something, they should ask their husbands at home, because it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in church.

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

But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband.

For how do you know, wife, whether you will bring your husband to salvation? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will bring your wife to salvation?

And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is happy to live with her, she should not divorce him.

In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live,

A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes (only someone in the Lord).

But a married man is concerned about the things of the world, how to please his wife,

(but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife.

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

Nevertheless, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified because of the wife, and the unbelieving wife because of her husband. Otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her

and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, to be holy both in body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world, how to please her husband.

For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of the marriage.

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord,

This mystery is great -- but I am actually speaking with reference to Christ and the church.

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

In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

"Any vow or sworn obligation that would bring affliction to her, her husband can confirm or nullify.

Suppose a man marries a woman, has sexual relations with her, and then rejects her,

her first husband who divorced her is not permitted to remarry her after she has become ritually impure, for that is offensive to the Lord. You must not bring guilt on the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

The disciples said to him, "If this is the case of a husband with a wife, it is better not to marry!"

An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who cannot be charged with dissipation or rebellion.

for jealousy kindles a husband's rage, and he will not show mercy when he takes revenge.

When she has left him she may go and become someone else's wife.

A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones.

If he takes another wife, he must not diminish the first one's food, her clothing, or her marital rights.

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.

Marry and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons and allow your daughters get married so that they too can have sons and daughters. Grow in number; do not dwindle away.

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children he left his wife to his brother.

May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in your young wife --

You can make the bride price and the gift I must bring very expensive, and I'll give whatever you ask of me. Just give me the young woman as my wife!"

who leaves the husband from her younger days, and forgets her marriage covenant made before God.

But now give back the man's wife. Indeed he is a prophet and he will pray for you; thus you will live. But if you don't give her back, know that you will surely die along with all who belong to you."

If she made the vow in her husband's house or put herself under obligation with an oath,