Bible Verses About Husband Being the Spiritual Leader
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for husband being the spiritual leader, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,896 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 11:3. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Husband Being the Spiritual Leader
1 Corinthians 11:3217 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.
1 Peter 3:7203 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.
Ephesians 5:22-33159 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Ephesians 6:4123 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Ephesians 5:1-33115 votes
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Ephesians 5:22114 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
1 Peter 3:1-2291 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;
Ephesians 5:2588 votes
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Ephesians 5:21-3372 votes
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Deuteronomy 6:6-770 votes
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Genesis 3:1665 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.
Ephesians 5:22-2461 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
1 Timothy 5:861 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.
Ephesians 5:2159 votes
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
1 Peter 3:157 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 13:1-1355 votes
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
Galatians 3:2854 votes
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 5:2353 votes
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.
Colossians 3:1951 votes
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Philippians 2:344 votes
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
1 Timothy 3:1244 votes
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Romans 5:843 votes
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Ephesians 5:2843 votes
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Acts 18:24-2642 votes
And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
1 Peter 2:942 votes
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
What does the Bible say about husband being the spiritual leader?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 11:3 on the subject of husband being the spiritual leader. Across 3,896 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Peter 3:7, Ephesians 5:22-33, Ephesians 6:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.