Bible Verses About Wife

Husbands, loue your wiues, euen as Christ loued the Church, and gaue himselfe for it,

So ought men to loue their wiues, as their owne bodies: he that loueth his wife, loueth him selfe.

For this cause shall a man leaue father and mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they twaine shalbe one flesh.

Therefore euery one of you, doe ye so: let euery one loue his wife, euen as himselfe, and let the wife see that shee feare her husband.

Wiues, submit your selues vnto your husbands, as it is comely in the Lord.

Husbands, loue your wiues, and be not bitter vnto them.

Likewise their wiues must be honest, not euill speakers, but sober, and faithfull in all things.

Let not a widow be taken into the number vnder three score yeere olde, that hath beene the wife of one husband,

And well reported of for good woorkes: if shee haue nourished her children, if shee haue lodged the strangers, if shee haue washed the Saintes feete, if shee haue ministred vnto them which were in aduersitie, if shee were continually giuen vnto euery good woorke.

I will therefore that the yonger women marie, and beare children, and gouerne the house, and giue none occasion to the aduersary to speake euill.

The elder women likewise, that they be in such behauiour as becommeth holinesse, not false accusers, not subiect to much wine, but teachers of honest things,

That they may instruct the yong women to be sober minded, that they loue their husbands, that they loue their children,

That they be temperate, chaste, keeping at home, good and subiect vnto their husbands, that the word of God be not euill spoken of.

Likewise let the wiues bee subiect to their husbands, that euen they which obey not the worde, may without the worde be wonne by the conuersation of the wiues,

While they beholde your pure conuersation, which is with feare.

Whose apparelling, let it not be that outwarde, with broyded heare, and golde put about, or in putting on of apparell:

But let it bee the hidde man of the heart, which consisteth in the incorruption of a meeke and quiet spirite, which is before God a thing much set by.

For euen after this maner in time past did the holy women, which trusted in God, tire them selues, and were subiect to their husbands.

As Sara obeyed Abraham, and called him Sir: whose daughters ye are, whiles yee doe well, not being afraide of any terrour.

Likewise ye husbands, dwel with them as men of knowledge, giuing honour vnto the woman, as vnto the weaker vessell, euen as they which are heires together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not interrupted.

And keepe your selues in the loue of God, looking for the mercie of our Lord Iesus Christ, vnto eternall life.