Bible Verses about 'Husband and wife'
- The husband should fulfill his wife’s sexual needs, and the wife should fulfill her husband’s needs. The wife gives authority over her body to her husband, and the husband gives authority over his body to his wife.
- So again I say, each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
- But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.
- For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church.
- The man who finds a wife finds a treasure,
and he receives favor from the Lord. - And the Lord God made clothing from animal skins for Adam and his wife.
- Who can find a virtuous and capable wife?
She is more precious than rubies. - Fathers can give their sons an inheritance of houses and wealth,
but only the Lord can give an understanding wife. - As the Scriptures say, “A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.”
- In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. For a man who loves his wife actually shows love for himself.
- A newly married man must not be drafted into the army or be given any other official responsibilities. He must be free to spend one year at home, bringing happiness to the wife he has married.
- You must not covet your neighbor’s house. You must not covet your neighbor’s wife, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.
- But ‘God made them male and female’ from the beginning of creation. ‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’ Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together.
- As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” the angel said, “do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit.”
- “Haven’t you read the Scriptures?” Jesus replied. “They record that from the beginning ‘God made them male and female.’” And he said, “‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’ Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together.”
- Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man.
“At last!” the man exclaimed.
“This one is bone from my bone,
and flesh from my flesh!
She will be called ‘woman,’
because she was taken from ‘man.’”
This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one. - In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat your wife with understanding as you live together. She may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in God’s gift of new life. Treat her as you should so your prayers will not be hindered.
- And because Joseph was a descendant of King David, he had to go to Bethlehem in Judea, David’s ancient home. He traveled there from the village of Nazareth in Galilee. He took with him Mary, to whom he was engaged, who was now expecting a child.
- “Yes,” Jesus replied, “and I assure you that everyone who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or property, for my sake and for the Good News, will receive now in return a hundred times as many houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and property—along with persecution. And in the world to come that person will have eternal life.”
- God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin. Then each of you will control his own body and live in holiness and honor— not in lustful passion like the pagans who do not know God and his ways.
- And then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea. They sang:
“Blessing and honor and glory and power
belong to the one sitting on the throne
and to the Lamb forever and ever.” - Turn away from evil and do good.
Search for peace, and work to maintain it. - True humility and fear of the Lord
lead to riches, honor, and long life. - Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.
- And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.
- I will exalt you, my God and King,
and praise your name forever and ever. - Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening.
- But we have sinned and done wrong. We have rebelled against you and scorned your commands and regulations.
- Anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.
- “I am the Alpha and the Omega—the beginning and the end,” says the Lord God. “I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come—the Almighty One.”
- Wealth and honor come from you alone, for you rule over everything. Power and might are in your hand, and at your discretion people are made great and given strength.
- May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.
- You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and you are right, because that’s what I am.
- And when he comes, he will convict the world of its sin, and of God’s righteousness, and of the coming judgment.
- Now all glory to God our Father forever and ever! Amen.
- May God give you more and more mercy, peace, and love.
- Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. They will come and go freely and will find good pastures.
- Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.
- Trust in the Lord and do good.
Then you will live safely in the land and prosper. - So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.
- In those days when you pray, I will listen.
- The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.
- So we fasted and earnestly prayed that our God would take care of us, and he heard our prayer.
- And every day, in the Temple and from house to house, they continued to teach and preach this message: “Jesus is the Messiah.”
- Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.
- Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glorify and honor the King of heaven. All his acts are just and true, and he is able to humble the proud.
- For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.
- Instead, let us test and examine our ways.
Let us turn back to the Lord. - Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.”
- Rather, you must grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
All glory to him, both now and forever! Amen.
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