42 Bible Verses about spouse

The wife does not have authority over her own body, but her husband [does]. And likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but his wife [does].

In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some are disobedient to the word, they may be won over without a word by the conduct of their wives,

The husband must fulfill his obligation to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

and he is divided. And the unmarried woman or the virgin cares for the things of the Lord, in order that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But the married woman cares for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother, since otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

And if any wife has an unbelieving husband and he consents to live with her, she must not divorce her husband.

But if indeed she does separate, she must remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce [his] wife.

To the married I command--not I, but the Lord--a wife must not separate from [her] husband.

A wife is bound for as long a time [as] her husband lives. But if her husband {dies}, she is free to marry whomever she wishes, only in the Lord.

But the one who is married cares for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

her first husband who sent her [away] is not allowed {to take her again} to become a wife to him after she has {been defiled}, for that [is] a detestable thing {before} Yahweh, and [so] you shall not mislead into sin the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you [as an] inheritance.

But I say this, brothers: the time is shortened, that from now on even those who have wives should be as [if they] do not have [wives],

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

because [the] husband is [the] head of the wife, as also Christ [is the] head of the church (he himself [being the] Savior of the body).

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

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

For your husband [is] your maker, his name [is] Yahweh of hosts; and your redeemer [is] the holy one of Israel, he is called the God of all of the earth.

saying, "Teacher, Moses said if someone dies without having children, his brother is to marry his wife and {father} descendants for his brother.

"When a man takes a new wife he shall not go out with the army, and {he shall not be obligated with anything}; he shall be free from obligation, {to stay at home} for one year, and he shall bring joy [to] his wife that he took.

Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.

But if the unbeliever leaves, let him leave. The brother or the sister is not bound in such [cases]. But God has called us in peace.

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

Do not defraud one another, except perhaps by agreement, for a time, in order that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and [then] you should be {together} again, lest Satan tempt you because of your lack of self control.

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

But because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife and let each woman have her own husband.

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

Husbands, in the same way live with [your wives] {knowledgeably}, as with the weaker female vessel, showing [them] honor as fellow heirs also of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

and the two will become one flesh,' so that they are no longer two but one flesh.

A house and wealth [are] an inheritance [from] fathers, but from Yahweh [comes] a woman who is prudent.

Thus also husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. The one who loves his own wife loves himself.

But if they want to learn something, let them ask their own 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 lips; the scent of your garments [is] like the scent of Lebanon.

For Yahweh has called you like a wife forsaken and hurt of spirit, like [the] wife of childhood when she is rejected, says your God.

Enjoy life with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which he gives you under the sun, because this [is] your lot in life and in the toil with which you toil under the sun.

"For this [reason] a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."

The disciples said to him, "If this is the case of a man with his wife, it would be better not to marry!"

Therefore I will give their wives to others, their fields to conquerors, because from [the] smallest to [the] greatest, all of them make profit [for] unlawful gain, from prophet to priest, all of them practice deceit.

Take wives and father sons and daughters, and take for your sons wives, and give your daughters to men that they may bear sons and daughters, and multiply there, and you must not be few.

The heart of her husband trusts in her, and gain he will not lack.

O, adulterous woman! In the place of her husband she received strangers.