Bible Verses About Submissiveness
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for submissiveness, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 4,113 votes, led by 1 Peter 3:1-7. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Submissiveness
1 Peter 3:1-7182 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 5:22-24180 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
1 Peter 3:7161 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.
Genesis 3:16147 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.
1 Timothy 2:11-12125 votes
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
Ephesians 5:21113 votes
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Hebrews 13:17107 votes
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Ephesians 5:2296 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Titus 2:594 votes
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Ephesians 5:22-3391 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Galatians 3:2888 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.
Colossians 3:1888 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 11:386 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 Corinthians 14:3472 votes
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
James 4:762 votes
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
1 Peter 5:561 votes
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Ephesians 5:2560 votes
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Titus 2:957 votes
Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;
Ephesians 5:2456 votes
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Genesis 2:1855 votes
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Ephesians 5:1-3355 votes
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
1 Peter 3:154 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 14:34-3547 votes
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
Romans 13:146 votes
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
1 Peter 3:444 votes
But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
What does the Bible say about submissiveness?
Readers most often cite 1 Peter 3:1-7 on the subject of submissiveness. Across 4,113 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 5:22-24, 1 Peter 3:7, Genesis 3:16. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.