Bible Verses for Husbands

“To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bear children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.””

“He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your livestock and the young of your flock, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you.”

“When men strive against each other, and the wife of one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts out her hand, and takes him by his private parts,”

“The man who is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye will be evil toward his brother, toward the wife whom he loves, and toward the remnant of his children whom he has remaining;”

“Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock, shall live in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan; but you shall pass over before your brothers armed, all the mighty men of valor, and shall help them”

“Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes; for we come on a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand, to your servants, and to your son David.’””

“Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.”

“Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of your house; your children like olive plants, around your table.”

“A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.”

“House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.”

“Proverbs 31:10-31 form an acrostic, with each verse starting with each letter of the Hebrew alphabet, in order.Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.”

“The heart of her husband trusts in her. He shall have no lack of gain.”

“Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:”

“For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.”

“Take wives and father sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters. Multiply there, and don’t be diminished.”

“‘Honor your father and your mother.’Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20 And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”Leviticus 19:18”

“and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.””

“Or don’t you know, brothersThe word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives?”

“Let the husband give his wife the affection owed her,NU and TR have “what is owed her” instead of “the affection owed her”. and likewise also the wife her husband.”

“But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband”

“but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.”

“Let the wives be quiet in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to be talking except in submission, as the law also says,Deuteronomy 27:9”

“I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.”2 Samuel 7:14; 7:8”

“As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. As for our brothers, they are the apostles of the assemblies, the glory of Christ.”

“For you bear with a man, if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, if he strikes you on the face.”

“Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.”

“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;”

“Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.”

“Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;”

“not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;”

“Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.”

“Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.”

“Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.”

“We know, brothersThe word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” loved by God, that you are chosen,”

“We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers,The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you towards one another abounds;”

“The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;”

“Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.”

“Let servantsor, deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.”

“that they may train the young wives to love their husbands, to love their children,”

“to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.”

“Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting;”

“Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of perseverance, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.”

“Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.”

“In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;”

“For this is how the holy women before, who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:”

“You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.”

“And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.”

“and in godliness brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.”

“I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.”

“By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.”