Bible Verses About Being a Husband
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for being a husband, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,361 votes, led by Ephesians 5:25. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Being a Husband
Ephesians 5:25166 votes
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Genesis 2:24135 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
1 Corinthians 7:1-40133 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Peter 3:7130 votes
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.
1 Timothy 5:8109 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Colossians 3:1999 votes
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Matthew 5:3298 votes
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Proverbs 5:18-1993 votes
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Ephesians 5:25-3372 votes
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
1 Timothy 3:1269 votes
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
1 Peter 3:158 votes
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;
1 Corinthians 11:350 votes
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
Proverbs 15:145 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Ephesians 6:444 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Genesis 1:2741 votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Isaiah 54:540 votes
For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
Matthew 19:539 votes
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
Proverbs 18:2238 votes
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
Ephesians 5:2838 votes
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Titus 2:1-1538 votes
But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
Hebrews 13:438 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Ephesians 4:26-2737 votes
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Ephesians 5:22-3337 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Ephesians 5:3137 votes
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.
Genesis 3:1635 votes
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
What does the Bible say about being a husband?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 5:25 on the subject of being a husband. Across 3,361 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 2:24, 1 Corinthians 7:1-40, 1 Peter 3:7. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.