27 Bible Verses about Loving Your Wife

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

Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.

In the same way, husbands must love their wives as they love their own bodies. A man who loves his wife loves himself.

But each individual man among you must love his wife as he loves himself; and may the wife fear her husband.

A husband should fulfill his obligation to his wife, and a wife should do the same for her husband.

For the husband is the head of his wife as the Messiah is the head of the church. It is he who is the Savior of the body.

Let your fountain be blessed and enjoy the wife of your youth.

Wife, you might be able to save your husband. Husband, you might be able to save your wife.

But a married man is concerned about things of this world, that is, about how he can please his wife,

Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is appropriate for those who belong to the Lord.

In a similar way, you husbands must live with your wives in an understanding manner, as with a most delicate partner. Honor them as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing may interfere with your prayers.

Then the LORD told me: "Go love your wife again, even though she is being loved by another and is committing adultery. Love her the same way the LORD loves the people of Israel, even though they look to other gods and love raisin cakes."

Live lovingly, just as the Messiah also loved us and gave himself for us as an offering and sacrifice, a fragrant aroma to God.

Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands as to the Lord.

"The one who loves his father or mother more than me isn't worthy of me, and the one who loves a son or daughter more than me isn't worthy of me.

If they want to learn anything, they should ask their own husbands at home, for it is inappropriate for a woman to speak out in church.

Jacob loved Rachel, so he made this offer to Laban: "I'll serve you for seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter."

For no one has ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and tenderly cares for it, as the Messiah does the church.

Like a loving deer, a beautiful doe, let her breasts satisfy you all the time. Be constantly intoxicated by her love.

"That is why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh."

Yet you ask, "For what reason?' Because the LORD acts as a witness between you and the wife of your youth, because you were unfaithful to her, your partner, the wife of your covenant.

so that he might make it holy by cleansing it, washing it with water and the word,

"Suppose a man marries a wife, but after having sexual relations with her, he despises her,

In a similar way, you wives must submit yourselves to your husbands so that, even if some of them refuse to obey the word, they may be won over without a word through your conduct as wives

and you will submit to one another out of reverence for the Messiah.

And if a woman has a husband who is an unbeliever and he is willing to live with her, she must not abandon him.

To married people I give this command (not really I, but the Lord): A wife must not leave her husband.