42 Bible Verses about spouse

For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,

The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband.

and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband.

For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.

If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him.

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

To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.

But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife,

then her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination before the LORD. And you shall not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance.

This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none,

For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.

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

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

For your Maker is your husband, the LORD of hosts is his name; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth he is called.

saying, "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up children for his brother.'

"When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom he has taken.

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

But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called youto peace.

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

Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth,

But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.

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

Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two but one flesh.

House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

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

If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.

Your lips drip nectar, my bride; honey and milk are under your tongue; the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

For the LORD has called you like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit, like a wife of youth when she is cast off, says your God.

Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.

"Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh."

The disciples said to him, "If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry."

Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to conquerors, because from the least to the greatest everyone is greedy for unjust gain; from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.

Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease.

The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain.

Adulterous wife, who receives strangers instead of her husband!