23 Bible Verses about Husbands

And he answered and said, Have you not read that the Creator at the beginning made them male and female? and he said, On this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh. So that they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has yoked together, let not man separate.

but from the beginning of creation, he made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and the two shall be one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.read more.
What God therefore has yoked together, let not man separate.

for the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ is the head of the church; he is the savior of the body.

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

and he said, On this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and the two shall be one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

Husbands, love your wives as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it,

Husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself; for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ also the church; for we are members of his body.read more.
For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery; but I speak of Christ and the church. But do you also, individually, each one so love his wife as himself, and the wife [see] that she reverences the husband.

Husbands, love the wives and be not bitter to them.

In like manner let the husbands [do], living together in knowledge with the wife as with a vessel of less strength, deeming them precious, co-heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.

Let the husband render to the wife her due, and in like manner also the wife the husband. The wife has not the right to her body, but the husband; and in like manner the husband has not the right to his body, but the wife. Withhold not yourselves from one another, except by agreement for a time that you may be at leisure for prayer, and come together again, that Satan may not tempt you by your incontinence.

You have heard that it was said, You shall not commit adultery; but I tell you, that every one who looks on a woman to desire her inordinately, has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother; else were your children impure, but now are they holy. But if the unbelieving companion departs, let him depart; the brother or the sister is not bound in such cases; but God has called us to peace. For how do you know, wife, that you will not save your husband? or how do you know, husband, that you will not save your wife?

The birth of Christ was thus. His mother Mary having been espoused to Joseph, before they came together, was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. But Joseph her husband being a righteous man, and not wishing to make her an example, was designing to put her away privately. But while he was thinking of these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is by the Holy Spirit,read more.
and she shall bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins. But all this was done, that the word of the Lord might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying; Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bear a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel; which is interpreted, God is with us. And when Joseph awoke from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and took his wife, and knew her not till she bore a son, and he called his name Jesus.

Husbands, love your wives as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it, that he might sanctify it, purifying it with the washing of water with the word, that he might present the church to himself glorious, not having a spot or wrinkle or any thing of the kind, but that it should be holy and blameless.

Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples fast not? And Jesus said to them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they shalt fast.

And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fasted. And they came and said to him, Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, and your disciples fast not? And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber fast as long as the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast, but days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they shall fast at that time.

And they said to him, The disciples of John fast much and make prayers; and likewise those of the Pharisees; but yours eat and drink. And he said to them, Can you make the children of the bridechamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? But days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken from them; then shall they fast in those days.

For I am zealous for you with a godly zeal, for I joined you, a chaste virgin, to one husband, to present to Christ;

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