23 Bible Verses about Husbands

And He responding said to them, Have you not read, that the one having made them from the beginning made them male and female? And He said, On account of this a man shall leave father and mother, and cleave unto his wife; and they two shall be one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh: therefore what God joined together, let no man separate.

But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female. On this account a man shall leave his father and his mother, and they two shall be one flesh; so they are no longer two, but one flesh.read more.
And what God joined together, let no man separate.

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

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

And He said, On account of this a man shall leave father and mother, and cleave unto his wife; and they two shall be one flesh.

On this account a man shall leave his father and his mother, and they two shall be one flesh; so they are no longer two, but one flesh.

Husbands, love your wives with divine love, as Christ also loved the church with divine love, and gave himself for her;

So the husbands ought to love their own wives with divine love as their own bodies. The one loving his own wife is loving himself: for no one ever yet hated his own flesh; but he nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ also the church; because we are members of his body:read more.
on account of this a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave unto his wife: and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak in reference to Christ and the church. Moreover you also each one thus love his own wife with divine love as himself; and that the wife also reverence the husband.

Ye husbands, love your wives with divine love, and be not harsh towards them.

Likewise, ye husbands, dwelling with the wife according to knowledge, as the weaker vessel, extending to them honor, as indeed the equal heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers should not be hindered.

Let the husband give to the wife that which is due, and likewise the wife also to the husband. The wife has not the authority over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband has not the authority over his own body, but the wife. Do not defraud one another, unless it may be with consent for a time, that you may give attention to prayer, and again come together, in order that Satan may not tempt you on account of your incontinency.

You have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery. But I say unto you that every one looking on a woman in order to lust after her hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.

For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified by the brother. Since then your children are unclean; but now they are holy. But if the unbeliever departs, let him or her depart; the brother or the sister has not been enslaved in such things. God has called you in peace. For what do you know, O wife, if you shall save your husband? And what do you know, O husband, if you shall save your wife?

The birth of Jesus Christ was thus: His mother Mary, having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, was found having gestation from the Holy Ghost. And Joseph her husband, being righteous and not wishing to expose her publicly, determined to send her away secretly. And he meditating on these things, behold an angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying; Joseph, son of David, do not fear to receive Mary thy wife; for that which is begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit;read more.
she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for He will save His people from their sins. And all this took place in order that the Word, having been spoken by the Lord through the prophet, might be fulfilled, saying; Behold, the virgin shall have gestation and bring forth a son, and they will call his name Emmanuel, which is interpreted, God is with us. And Joseph rising from sleep did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; and he took his wife to himself, and did not know her until she brought forth a son, and called his name Jesus.

Husbands, love your wives with divine love, as Christ also loved the church with divine love, and gave himself for her; in order that he might sanctify her, having purified her by the washing of water through the word, in order that he might present to himself the glorious church, having not spot or wrinkle or any of such things; but that she might be holy and blameless.

Then the disciples of John come to Him, saying, Wherefore do we and the Pharisee fast, but thy disciples do not fast? And Jesus said to them, The sons of the bride-chamber are not able to fast, so long as the bridegroom is with them. But the day will come, when the bride-groom must be taken from them, and then they will fast.

The disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting. And they come and say to Him; Wherefore do the disciples of John and the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples do not fast? And Jesus said to them, Whether are the sons of the bride-chamber able to fast while the bridegroom is with them? So long a time as they have with them the bridegroom they are not able to fast. But the days will come, when the bridegroom must be taken from them, and then they will fast in that day.

And they said to Him, Wherefore do the disciples of John fast, and make supplications; likewise also those of the Pharisees; but thy disciples eat and drink? And He said to them, Whether are you able to make the sons of the bridechamber to fast, while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom must indeed be taken away from them, then will they fast in those days.

For I am jealous of you with the jealousy of God: for I espoused you to one husband, to present you a pure virgin to Christ;

And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God, prepared as a bride is adorned for her husband.