30 Bible Verses about spouse

the wife has not the right of her own person, but the husband: and so likewise the husband has not the right of his own person, but the wife.

Let the married women be subservient to their husbands, that if they happen to disbelieve the gospel, they may be gain'd by the instructive conduct of their wives,

let the husband discharge his obligations to his wife: and likewise the wife to the husband.

there is the same difference between a married woman and a virgin: the last is religiously concern'd to be holy, both in body and mind: but she that is married is taken up with worldly cares to please her husband.

for the unbelieving husband is christianiz'd by the believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is christianiz'd by the believing husband: else were your children heathens: whereas they are christians.

and if a woman has a pagan husband, who likes to live with her, let her not leave him.

but if she has separated herself, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

as to the married, I enjoin this rule, not as from my self, but from the Lord, that a woman should not leave her husband:

The wife is bound as long as her husband lives: but if her husbnd be dead, she is at liberty to be married, if she pleases; provided it be to a christian.

he that is married is worldly concern'd, how he may please his wife.

This I say, brethren, because the time is coming, when they who have wives will be as those that have none;

O wife, but you may save your husband? or how do you know, O man, but you may save your wife?

for the husband presides over his wife, as Christ presides over the church: and he it is that preserves the whole body.

now if there be another life after this, whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all married her.

are you contracted to a wife? seek not to be disengag'd. are you disengag'd from your wife? don't look out for another;

master, said they, by the law of Moses, in case a man die without children, his brother is oblig'd to marry his wife, in order to perpetuate his brother's name.

husbands, love your wives, and do not exasperate them.

but if the infidel will separate, let him go: a brother or a sister is not inslaved in such cases. but God has called us to peace; for how do you know,

Dames, be submissive to your husbands, as becomes christians.

don't desert one another, unless you mutually consent to retire for a time, to the solemnity of prayer; and then come together again, lest satan make an attempt upon your continency.

I answer, with regard to the licentious, it is best for a man, to have his wife; and for a woman to have her husband.

now a married woman is bound by the law to her living husband: but if her husband dieth, she is released from the marriage-contract.

You husbands, do you on your part behave with prudence towards your wives: who being of a more delicate make, ought to be treated with the greater tenderness: and consider they are equally intitled to the evangelical gifts, that your prayers may not be frustrated.

consequently they are no longer two, but one person.

in like manner ought men to love their wives, as their own bodies: "he that loves his wife, loveth himself."

and if they desire to have information about any point, let them consult their husbands at home: for it does not become women to ask questions in the church.

the scripture says, "for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and they two shall be as one."

thereupon his disciples said, if the case between man and wife be such, it is best not to marry.