Bible Verses About The Man Being the Head of the House
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for the man being the head of the house, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,225 votes, led by Ephesians 5:23. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about The Man Being the Head of the House
Ephesians 5:23418 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.
1 Timothy 2:11-15316 votes
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
1 Timothy 3:1-16242 votes
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
1 Corinthians 11:3212 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.
Ephesians 5:22202 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
1 Timothy 3:4181 votes
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
Ephesians 5:25160 votes
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
1 Peter 3:1160 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;
Genesis 3:16151 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 2:12127 votes
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
1 Peter 3:7125 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 3:5116 votes
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
1 Timothy 5:890 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.
Titus 1:5-989 votes
For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
1 Timothy 3:1284 votes
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Colossians 3:1983 votes
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Colossians 3:1882 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 11:3-1681 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 14:3468 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.
1 Timothy 3:4-563 votes
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
Genesis 2:1859 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 6:459 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
1 Timothy 3:156 votes
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Proverbs 31:1-3152 votes
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
1 Corinthians 11:1-3451 votes
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
What does the Bible say about the man being the head of the house?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 5:23 on the subject of the man being the head of the house. Across 5,225 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Timothy 2:11-15, 1 Timothy 3:1-16, 1 Corinthians 11:3. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.