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What does the Bible say about wives?
15 verses about wives, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.
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Bible verses about wives
- Proverbs 31:10 — Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. 4 votes
- Ephesians 5:22 — Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 4 votes
- Proverbs 21:19 — It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. 3 votes
- Ephesians 5:25 — Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 3 votes
- Ephesians 5:28 — So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. 3 votes
- Ephesians 5:33 — Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. 3 votes
- 1 Peter 3:1 — Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; 3 votes
- 1 Peter 3:7 — Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. 3 votes
- Proverbs 14:1 — Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. 2 votes
- Proverbs 18:22 — Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD. 2 votes
- 1 Corinthians 7:2 — Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 2 votes
- Ephesians 5:31 — 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. 2 votes
- Colossians 3:19 — Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. 2 votes
- 1 Timothy 2:11 — Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 2 votes
- Hebrews 13:4 — Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. 2 votes
Where these verses are
Ephesians (5), Proverbs (4), 1 Peter (2), 1 Corinthians (1), Colossians (1), 1 Timothy (1), Hebrews (1)
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Topical Bible data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/topics/), CC BY 4.0. Votes reflect how many readers judged each verse relevant; they are not a doctrinal ranking. Verse text: King James Version.