42 Bible Verses about spouse

The wife has not power over her body, but the husband; and in the same way the husband has not power over his body, but the wife.

Wives, be ruled by your husbands; so that even if some of them give no attention to the word, their hearts may be changed by the behaviour of their wives,

Let the husband give to the wife what is right; and let the wife do the same to the husband.

And the wife is not the same as the virgin. The virgin gives her mind to the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit: but the married woman takes thought for the things of the world, how she may give pleasure to her husband.

For the husband who has not faith is made holy through his Christian wife, and the wife who is not a Christian is made holy through the brother: if not, your children would be unholy, but now are they holy.

And if a woman has a husband who is not a Christian, and it is his desire to go on living with her, let her not go away from her husband.

(Or if she goes away from him, let her keep unmarried, or be united to her husband again); and that the husband may not go away from his wife.

But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord, that the wife may not go away from her husband

It is right for a wife to be with her husband as long as he is living; but when her husband is dead, she is free to be married to another; but only to a Christian.

But the married man gives his attention to the things of this world, how he may give pleasure to his wife.

Her first husband, who had sent her away, may not take her back after she has been wife to another; for that is disgusting to the Lord: and you are not to be a cause of sin in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.

But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not;

For how may you be certain, O wife, that you will not be the cause of salvation to your husband? or you, O husband, that you may not do the same for your wife?

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

When they come back from the dead, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? because they all had her.

If you are married to a wife, make no attempt to get free from her: if you are free from a wife, do not take a wife.

For your Maker is your husband; the Lord of armies is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is he who takes up your cause; he will be named the God of all the earth.

Master, Moses said, If a man, at the time of his death, has no children, let his brother take his wife, and get a family for his brother;

A newly married man will not have to go out with the army or undertake any business, but may be free for one year, living in his house for the comfort of his wife.

Husbands, have love for your wives, and be not bitter against them.

But if the one who is not a Christian has a desire to go away, let it be so: the brother or the sister in such a position is not forced to do one thing or the other: but it is God's pleasure that we may be at peace with one another.

Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as is right in the Lord.

Do not keep back from one another what is right, but only for a short time, and by agreement, so that you may give yourselves to prayer, and come together again; so that Satan may not get the better of you through your loss of self-control.

Let blessing be on your fountain; have joy in the wife of your early years.

But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

For the woman who has a husband is placed by the law under the power of her husband as long as he is living; but if her husband is dead, she is free from the law of the husband.

And you husbands, give thought to your way of life with your wives, giving honour to the woman who is the feebler vessel, but who has an equal part in the heritage of the grace of life; so that you may not be kept from prayer.

And the two will become one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

House and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.

Even so it is right for husbands to have love for their wives as for their bodies. He who has love for his wife has love for himself:

And if they have a desire for knowledge about anything, let them put questions to their husbands privately: for talking in the church puts shame on a woman.

Your lips are dropping honey; honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your clothing is like the smell of Lebanon.

For the Lord has made you come back to him, like a wife who has been sent away in grief of spirit; for one may not give up the wife of one's early days.

Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun.

For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

The disciples say to him, If this is the position of a man in relation to his wife, it is better not to be married.

So I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who will take them for themselves: for everyone, from the least to the greatest, is given up to getting money; from the priest even to the prophet, everyone is false.

Take wives and have sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may have sons and daughters; and be increased in number there and do not become less.

The heart of her husband has faith in her, and he will have profit in full measure.

The untrue wife who takes strange lovers in place of her husband!