If you are a wife wanting a specific verse to guide you today, these are meant to be used directly.
Every verse below is drawn from a verified King James Version text.
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 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
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
Ephesians 5:31
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
Ephesians 5:33
Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
Mark 12:19
Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
Mark 12:20
In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.
Mark 12:23
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
Job 2:9
All verses are quoted from the King James Version (KJV), a public-domain translation.
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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 gathered in Bible Verses For Wives was originally written as part of a larger passage, letter, or narrative. Reading a single verse on its own is genuinely useful, but if one particular verse stands out to you, it is worth taking a few extra minutes to read the surrounding chapter. Context rarely changes what a verse means, but it often deepens it.
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Every verse in Bible Verses For 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 For 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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Not every verse in Bible Verses For Wives will land the same way on a first read. Scripture written thousands of years ago, in a very different culture, occasionally uses language or imagery that takes a moment to connect with a modern situation. If a particular verse feels unclear, reading it again after a day or two, or alongside a study Bible’s footnotes, often helps.
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A handful of verses in Bible Verses For Wives tend to stand out more than the rest on repeated reading, though which ones stand out often differs from person to person. There is no wrong choice here — the verse that matters most is usually the one that speaks directly to whatever you are carrying at the time you read it.
Twenty verses is enough to give a genuine sense of how often Scripture returns to this subject, without becoming so long that no single verse gets the attention it deserves. Shorter lists risk missing important passages; much longer ones risk turning into a list nobody actually reads all the way through.
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Return to this passage as an ongoing source of reflection, not a single checklist.