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Genesis 2:18, 23, 24
The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.” / And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.” / For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
Genesis 3:16
To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
Esther 1:20–22
The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.” / The king and his princes were pleased with this counsel; so the king did as Memucan had advised. / He sent letters to all the provinces of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be master of his own household.
Psalm 128:3, 4
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table. / In this way indeed shall blessing come to the man who fears the LORD.
Proverbs 12:4
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
Proverbs 14:1
Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
Proverbs 18:22
He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
Proverbs 19:13, 14
A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping. / Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
Proverbs 21:9, 19
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife. / Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
Proverbs 25:24
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
Proverbs 30:21–23
Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: / a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food, / an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.
Proverbs 31:10–31
A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies. / The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value. / She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life.
1 Corinthians 7:2–6, 10–14, 16, 27–29, 32–34, 38–40
But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. / The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. / The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.
1 Corinthians 11:3, 7–9, 11, 12
But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. / A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. / Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
1 Corinthians 14:34, 35
Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. / If they wish to inquire about something, they are to ask their own husbands at home; for it is dishonorable for a woman to speak in the church.
Ephesians 5:22–25, 28, 31, 33
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. / For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior. / Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
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.
1 Timothy 3:11
In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.
1 Timothy 5:9, 10, 14
A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, the wife of one man, / and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work. / So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.
Titus 2:3–5
Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good. / In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children, / to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.
1 Peter 3:1–7
Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives / when they see your pure and reverent demeanor. / Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,