What does the Bible say about husband and wife in marriage? Well, it was God’s idea in the first place.
God instituted marriage in the Bible. It was never man’s idea.
After he created Adam, there was no suitable companion for him among the animals in the garden of Eden, so God created Eve as his companion for him.
So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. Genesis 2:21, ESV
The God who instituted marriage is the one that can teach us how to be successful in it, so He provides rules that guide marriage in the Bible which are still relevant today.
The marriage institution is collapsing in the unbelieving world. Even Christian marriages are under pressure.
Also, divorce reached epidemic proportions long ago, and all kinds of man-made alternatives to godly ordained marriage are also being embraced by people of our generation, but the standard of God remains the same.
“Your marriage is the gospel you are preaching to your children.” – Matthew L. Jacobson
But in the church- and especially where both husband and wife worship together, pray together, attend church together and read the Bible together- this is where happy marriages thrive.
Anyone willing to follow what the Bible says concerning marriage will experience the joy that God had put in it, and their homes will be like heaven on earth.
How a Husband Should Treat His Wife
We learn from the book of Ephesians how a husband should treat his wife:
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, Ephesians 5:25
In marriage, love is the order of the day. [And the week, month and year!]
“Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the home except true love.” – Billy Graham
For a husband to love his wife as Christ loves the church, means giving up his own desires to place his wife’s desires above his own.
It’s always good to remember that “He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.” Proverbs 18:22
In the day-to-day grind, it can be so easy to forget that a wife is a sign of the Lord’s favor.
If the husband treats his wife like she’s a gift, she will be his present!
But there’s more. Everybody knows the wife is supposed to submit to her husband, but did you know the husband is also supposed to submit to his wife?
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. –Ephesians 5:21
This clearly applies to both husband and wife. It comes at the very beginning of the passage on husbands and wives, so it sets the tone for the entire passage.
It’s a sentence that seems to get lost in the shuffle sometimes, so let’s all remember it. Submission isn’t only for the wife!
A happy marriage is a marriage where each partner actively looks out for their spouses’ needs.
The rest of the passage is a clinic in personal relations:
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing[b] her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— 30 for we are members of his body. 31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”[c] 32 This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. -Ephesians 5:25-33
There’s so much to unpack in this passage, there could easily be a whole post on it!
The short version is –if a husband loves his wife like Paul is saying here- he will be attending to her every spiritual and physical need as he places her needs at or above his own.
He will encourage togetherness in the marriage just as we are to draw near to our Lord who gave himself for us.
And how about these sage words from Jesus Christ himself?
28 And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:28-31 ESV
What Does the Bible Say About How a Wife Should Treat Her Husband?
God’s word recognizes that a husband’s needs are different from the wife’s needs. While husbands are told to love their wives, it might be surprising to learn that wives are not told to love their husbands!
This doesn’t mean that wives shouldn’t love their husbands. It just means there is a different emphasis in the marriage relationship. The Bible tells us in plenty of places that we should love our fellow man.
So –in this passage- wives are told to respect their husbands:
However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. Ephesians 5:33, NIV
There are plenty more passages below relating to God’s Biblical guidance for husbands and wives, so be sure to read all the way down.
Bible Verses about Wife Respecting Husband
Likewise, wives, be subject to your husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external, the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear, but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their husbands, … 1 Peter 3:1-6
This is a command from God that must be strictly obeyed if peace must reign in the home. By God’s ordination, the husband is the head of the family, and the wife is his ally.
The wife is to submit and respect her husband. Civilization has injured the marriage institution sorely in this area. Today, women are equal to men in practically all areas of achievement. The saying that “what a man can do, a woman can do better,” is true today more than ever before.
Unfortunately, many women bring this mindset to their marriages, and they think things will work out fine. It will always bring problems because it contradicts God’s guidance for marriage.
The husband is also expected to love and respect his wife and not treat her as a tool or property to be used and discarded, but respect must first come from the wife to the husband.
Bible Verses About Husband and Wife Arguing
Arguments at home are a common phenomenon among many married couples, and it can come over different issues. If not nipped in the bud, it can take a big toll on a marriage.
The will of God is not for husbands and wives to argue with each other. Instead, they should join hands together to run their homes so that the purpose of God for bringing them together can be achieved.
Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Colossians 3:13
A marriage can stand strong where there is love, forgiveness, and fear of God.
Marriages take work. Married couples must work hard to keep their marriage.
Marital union is not to be toyed with or handled with levity as if there is another option if it fails.
We are bound to offend each other because we are humans, but there should be room for forgiveness all the time. The Bible says “Love covers a multitude of sins.”
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its way; it is not irritable or resentful; 1 Corinthians 13:4-5
Where there is love, couples will not find it difficult to forgive each other.
In all, the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. When a partner in a marriage fears God, he will work upon himself or herself so as not to offend the other partner.
Arguments must not be encouraged, especially when the children are present and when you want the presence of God to abide with you in your home.
Wife Praying for Husband Bible Verses
Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 1 Corinthians 7:5
The wife is her husband’s chief ally; she is to give him full support so that things can go well in the home. One of the ways women can support their husbands is to pray for them.
For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity, guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of his saints. Proverbs 2:6-8
All men need prayers because they are the heads of their families, as well as the prime target of the enemy – Satan. Many homes have been scattered because the husbands made a grievous mistake that could have been avoided if someone had stood in the gap for them.
David might have been saved from the sin of adultery and murder which almost ruined his life if his wives had prayed for him.
It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful. And David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, “Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?” So David sent messengers and took her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she had been purifying herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned to her house. 2 Samuel 11:2–5
Always pray for your husband for protection, peace, wisdom, provision, clear vision, help from above, etc. Whenever issues come up at home, instead of arguing with him, go before the Lord and cry to Him in prayer, and bring your husband back to your side.
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, I will never leave you nor forsake you. So we can confidently say, The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me? Hebrews 13:5-6
Bible Verses About Husband and Wife Duties
Both husband and wife have roles to play in their marriage to make it work. Failure to do this will spell doom to their home.
However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. Ephesians 5:33
Husbands must love their wives, and wives must respect their husbands. This is the first law of marriage as it seems, and where it is available it makes all other things work out easily. The two of them must cooperate to run the home.
The husband must take the leading role all the time, he must not relegate his duties to his wife. He must carry his wife along in all decisions he is making, and must not keep any secret from her. The wife must be open to her husband, satisfy him in all things, and make the home comfortable for him so that he will not prefer the company of other women to that of his wife.
Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. 1 Peter 3:7
The two of them must plan for the future of their home. They must both work to bring income home and take care of the children. They must teach, and guide their children diligently knowing that God will hold them responsible for their welfare.
Both husband and wife should be best of friends, savoring and seeking the company of each other at all times. They must eat together, sleep together, play together, pray together, etc. and have all things common.
100 Bible Verses About Husband and Wife
1 Peter 3:7
Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
1 Corinthians 7:1-40
Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. …
Colossians 3:19
Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.
Ephesians 5:22-33
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, …
Ephesians 5:22
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
Ephesians 5:28
In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Proverbs 31:10-31
An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands. She is like the ships of the merchant; she brings her food from afar. …
Ephesians 5:31
“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
Hebrews 13:4
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
1 Peter 3:1-6
Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, …
Proverbs 18:22
He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.
1 Timothy 3:1-7
The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church? …
Ephesians 5:25-29
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,
Colossians 3:14
And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
Ephesians 5:33
However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
Ephesians 5:23
For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
Genesis 2:24
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Ephesians 5:21
Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
1 Peter 3:1
Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,
1 Timothy 5:8
But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-11
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone?
Proverbs 5:18-19
Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love.
1 Corinthians 13:1-8
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; …
Colossians 3:18
Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
Matthew 5:28
But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Genesis 3:16
To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”
Titus 2:5
To be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.
1 Corinthians 6:18
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.
1 Timothy 2:12
I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.
Matthew 5:32
But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
Matthew 19:4-6
He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
1 Corinthians 11:9
Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
1 Peter 3:6
As Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.
Titus 2:1-15
But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. …
1 Corinthians 7:2
But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.
Ephesians 5:22-23
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
Ephesians 5:24
Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.
Proverbs 14:1
The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.
Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
1 Corinthians 11:3
But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.
James 4:1-17
What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”? …
Ephesians 5:22-24
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.
1 Timothy 5:1-25
Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity. Honor widows who are truly widows. But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God. She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day, …
Proverbs 1:8
Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching,
Ephesians 6:2
“Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise),
Mark 10:6-9
But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Colossians 3:18-19
Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.
Ephesians 5:26
That he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
Ephesians 5:25-27
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.
Song of Solomon 7:7-12
Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters. I say I will climb the palm tree and lay hold of its fruit. Oh may your breasts be like clusters of the vine, and the scent of your breath like apples, and your mouth like the best wine. It goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding over lips and teeth. I am my beloved’s, and his desire is for me. Come, my beloved, let us go out into the fields and lodge in the villages; …
1 Timothy 2:15
Yet she will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.
Matthew 7:1-29
“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye. …
Ephesians 5:1-33
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. …
Colossians 3:17
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Ephesians 4:32
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Proverbs 12:4
An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
Ephesians 5:25-33
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, …
Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.
1 Peter 4:8
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
Proverbs 31:1-31
The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him: What are you doing, my son? What are you doing, son of my womb? What are you doing, son of my vows? Do not give your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink, lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted. …
Proverbs 19:14
House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
Song of Solomon 4:9-10
You have captivated my heart, my sister, my bride; you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace. How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your oils than any spice!
Romans 12:9-18
Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality. …
Psalm 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
1 Corinthians 7:3-5
The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
Matthew 19:5
And said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?
Genesis 2:18-24
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. …
1 Peter 3:2
When they see your respectful and pure conduct.
Titus 2:4-5
And so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.
Proverbs 31:10
An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.
Colossians 3:21
Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Ephesians 1:22
And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church,
Malachi 2:14
But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
1 Corinthians 7:3
The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband.
Psalm 91:1-16
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, …
1 Peter 3:4
But let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.
Ephesians 5:28-29
In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,
Exodus 21:22-25
“When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the woman’s husband shall impose on him, and he shall pay as the judges determine. But if there is harm, then you shall pay life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
Genesis 2:23
Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”
1 Corinthians 6:13
“Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
Luke 2:51
And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them. And his mother treasured up all these things in her heart.
1 Peter 2:23
When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.
Acts 5:29
But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
Ephesians 5:28-33
In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body. “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. …
Luke 16:1-31
He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’ And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.’ So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ …
Song of Solomon 1:2-4
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine; your anointing oils are fragrant; your name is oil poured out; therefore virgins love you. Draw me after you; let us run. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you.
Psalm 51:1-19
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment. Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. …
Titus 2:9
Slaves are to be submissive to their own masters in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,
1 Corinthians 6:16
Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, “The two will become one flesh.”
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
1 Peter 2:18
Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.
Matthew 19:3-9
And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” They said to him, “Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?” …
1 Peter 2:13
Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme,
Final Thoughts
God ordained the home to be the manifestation of His power and glory. He put all his plans of populating and running the affairs of the whole earth upon just a family, the family of Adam and Eve.
He invested so much in the marriage institution to make it one of the mysteries of dominating the world and fulfilling His mandate for man.
Therefore, a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. Genesis 2:24
Marriage is more than just finding a suitable companion; it is a holy union that brings more lives into the world. It is the only relationship that is heavenly ordained to last till death.
What are you doing to make your marriage work, or are you tearing it apart with your attitudes? Know that your home is a blessing from God, and He will hold you responsible for not achieving the purpose why He gave it to you.
Husbands love your wives; wives respect your husbands.
Is your Faith Founded on Fact? Have you committed to follow Jesus?