'Wife' in the Bible

But while he was contemplating this step, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to bring home your wife Mary, for she is with child through the Holy Spirit.

When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded, and brought home his wife,

"It was also said, 'If any man puts away his wife, let him give her a written notice of divorce.'

But I tell you that every man who puts away his wife except on the ground of unfaithfulness causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries her when so divorced commits adultery.

For Herod had arrested John, and had put him in chains, and imprisoned him, for the sake of Herodias his brother Philip's wife,

and was unable to pay. So his master ordered that he and his wife and children and everything that he had should be sold, and payment be made.

Then came some of the Pharisees to Him to put Him to the proof by the question, "Has a man a right to divorce his wife whenever he chooses?"

and said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall be one'?

And I tell you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except her unfaithfulness, and marries another woman, commits adultery."

"If this is the case with a man in relation to his wife," said the disciples to Him, "it is better not to marry."

Now we had among us seven brothers. The eldest of them married, but died childless, leaving his wife to his brother.

At the Resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? for they all married her."

While he was sitting on the tribunal a message came to him from his wife. "Have nothing to do with that innocent man," she said, "for during the night I have suffered terribly in a dream through him."

For Herod himself had sent and had had John arrested and had kept him in prison in chains, for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; because he had married her.

For John had repeatedly told Herod, "You have no right to be living with your brother's wife."

Presently a party of Pharisees come to Him with the question--seeking to entrap Him, "May a man divorce his wife?"

"Moses," they said, "permitted a man to draw up a written notice of divorce, and to send his wife away."

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cling to his wife,

He replied, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman, commits adultery against the first wife;

"Rabbi," they said, "Moses made it a law for us: 'If a man's brother should die and leave a wife, but no child, the man shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.'

There were once seven brothers, the eldest of whom married a wife, but at his death left no family.

At the Resurrection whose wife will she be? For they all seven married her."

There was in the time of Herod, the king of Judaea, a priest of the name of Zechariah, belonging to the class of Abijah. He had a wife who was a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your petition has been heard: and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call his name John.

"By what proof," asked Zechariah, "shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far advanced in years."

and in course of time his wife Elizabeth conceived, and kept herself secluded five months.

But Herod the Tetrarch, being repeatedly rebuked by him about Herodias his brother's wife, and about all the wicked deeds that he had done,

and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many other women, all of whom contributed to the support of Jesus and His Apostles.

"If any one is coming to me who does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes and his own life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

Every man who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and he who marries her when so divorced from her husband commits adultery.

Remember Lot's wife.

"I solemnly tell you," replied Jesus, "that there is no one who has left house or wife, or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of God's Kingdom,

"Rabbi, Moses made it a law for us that if a man's brother should die, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.

Now there were seven brothers. The first of them took a wife and died childless.

The woman, then--at the Resurrection--whose wife shall she be? for they all seven married her."

Now standing close to the cross of Jesus were His mother and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.

There was a man of the name of Ananias who, with his wife Sapphira, sold some property but,

About three hours had passed, when his wife came in, knowing nothing of what had happened.

Here he found a Jew, a native of Pontus, of the name of Aquila. He and his wife Priscilla had recently come from Italy because of Claudius's edict expelling all the Jews from Rome. So Paul paid them a visit;

Not long after this, Felix came with Drusilla his wife, a Jewess, and sending for Paul, listened to him as he spoke about faith in Christ Jesus.

A wife, for instance, whose husband is living is bound to him by the Law; but if her husband dies the law that bound her to him has now no hold over her.

It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and of a kind unheard of even among the Gentiles--a man has his father's wife!

But because there is so much fornication every man should have a wife of his own, and every woman should have a husband.

Let a man pay his wife her due, and let a woman also pay her husband his.

A married woman is not mistress of her own person: her husband has certain rights. In the same way a married man is not master of his own person: his wife has certain rights.

But to those already married my instructions are--yet not mine, but the Lord's--that a wife is not to leave her husband;

or if she has already left him, let her either remain as she is or be reconciled to him; and that a husband is not to send away his wife.

To the rest it is I who speak--not the Lord. If a brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, let him not send her away.

For, in such cases, the unbelieving husband has become--and is--holy through union with a Christian woman, and the unbelieving wife is holy through union with a Christian brother. Otherwise your children would be unholy, but in reality they have a place among God's people.

For what assurance have you, O woman, as to whether you will save your husband? Or what assurance have you, O man, as to whether you will save your wife?

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to get free. Are you free from the marriage bond? Do not seek for a wife.

but a married man concerns himself with the business of the world--how he shall please his wife.

Have we not a right to take with us on our journeys a Christian sister as our wife, as the rest of the Apostles do--and the Lord's brothers and Peter?

because a husband is the Head of his wife as Christ also is the Head of the Church, being indeed the Saviour of this His Body.

So too married men ought to love their wives as much as they love themselves. He who loves his wife loves himself.

"For this reason a man is to leave his father and his mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall be as one."

Yet I insist that among you also, each man is to love his own wife as much as he loves himself, and let a married woman see to it that she treats her husband with respect.

that each man among you shall know how to procure a wife who shall be his own in purity and honour;

and Adam was not deceived, but his wife was thoroughly deceived, and so became involved in transgression.

A minister then must be a man of irreproachable character, true to his one wife, temperate, sober-minded, well-behaved, hospitable to strangers, and with a gift for teaching;

A deacon must be true to his one wife, and rule his children and his own household wisely and well.

wherever there is a man of blameless life, true to his one wife, having children who are themselves believers and are free from every reproach of profligacy or of stubborn self-will.

Then there came one of the seven angels who were carrying the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues. "Come with me," he said, "and I will show you the Bride, the Lamb's wife."