Scripture gives specific instruction to husbands and wives together, addressing their relationship directly. This page gathers verified verses on husbands and wives.
Every verse below is drawn from a verified King James Version text.
The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
Proverbs 31:11
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Proverbs 31:23
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Proverbs 31:28
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
Titus 2:4
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Titus 2:5
And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
Daniel 6:24
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
Mark 10:2
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
Mark 10:7
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
Mark 10:11
And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
Mark 10:12
And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s,
Mark 10:29
And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.
Luke 8:3
They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Luke 17:27
Remember Lot’s wife.
Luke 17:32
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,
Luke 18:29
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Ephesians 5:22
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
Ephesians 5:23
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Ephesians 5:24
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Ephesians 5:25
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Ephesians 5:28
All verses are quoted from the King James Version (KJV), a public-domain translation.
Ephesians 5:21-25’s instructions, read together, describe a marriage built on mutual submission and sacrificial love rather than one-directional authority.
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Every verse on this page is drawn from the King James Version, a public-domain translation available in full at Blue Letter Bible for anyone who wants to study the wider context.
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Every verse in Bible Verses About Husbands and Wives is drawn from the King James Version specifically, a translation completed in 1611 that remains one of the most widely quoted English versions of Scripture. Its language is more formal than modern translations, which some readers find adds a certain weight to familiar passages.
The twenty verses in Bible Verses About Husbands and Wives were selected specifically because they speak directly to this subject, rather than only mentioning it in passing. Some are well known; others are easy to overlook on a first read through Scripture. Both kinds are included here because familiarity is not the same as relevance — a lesser-known verse can sometimes say exactly what a well-known one does not.
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Scripture addresses husbands and wives with specific, paired instruction, describing a relationship of mutual care.