1 Peter 3:7
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7 Husbands, in the same way, show consideration for your wives in your life together, paying honor to the woman—though the weaker vessel,[a] they are joint heirs of the gracious gift of life—so that nothing may hinder your prayers.(A)
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- 3.7 Or body
Colossians 3:19
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19 Husbands, love your wives and never treat them harshly.
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Genesis 2:23-24
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23 Then the man said,
“This at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
this one shall be called Woman,
for out of Man this one was taken.”(A)
24 Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.(B)
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Matthew 19:3-9
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3 Some Pharisees came to him, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?”(A) 4 He answered, “Have you not read that the one who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’(B) 5 and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?(C) 6 So they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” 7 They said to him, “Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her?”(D) 8 He said to them, “It was because you were so hard-hearted that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. 9 And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.”[a](E)
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- 19.9 Other ancient authorities lack and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery
Ephesians 5:25-28
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25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 in order to make her holy by cleansing her with the washing of water by the word, 27 so as to present the church to himself in splendor, without a spot or wrinkle or anything of the kind, so that she may be holy and without blemish.(A) 28 In the same way, husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
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Ephesians 5:33
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33 Each of you, however, should love his wife as himself, and a wife should respect[a] her husband.
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Malachi 2:14-16
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14 You ask, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord was a witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.(A) 15 Did God[a] not make them one, flesh with spirit in it? And what does the one desire? Godly offspring. So look to yourselves, and do not let anyone be faithless to the wife of his youth.[b](B) 16 For I hate[c] divorce, says the Lord, the God of Israel, and covering one’s garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So take heed to yourselves and do not be faithless.
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1 Corinthians 7:3
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3 The husband should give to his wife what is due her and likewise the wife to her husband.(A)
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Matthew 18:19
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19 Again, truly I tell you, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 4:4
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4 that each one of you know how to control your own body[a] in holiness and honor,
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- 4.4 Or control your own vessel or take a wife for yourself
Proverbs 5:15-19
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15 Drink water from your own cistern,
flowing water from your own well.
16 Should your springs be scattered abroad,
streams of water in the streets?(A)
17 Let them be for yourself alone
and not for sharing with strangers.
18 Let your fountain be blessed,
and rejoice in the wife of your youth,(B)
19 a lovely deer, a graceful doe.
May her breasts satisfy you at all times;
may you be intoxicated always by her love.(C)
Matthew 5:23-24
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23 So when you are offering your gift at the altar, if you remember that your brother or sister has something against you,(A) 24 leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift.
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Ephesians 6:18
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18 Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert and always persevere in supplication for all the saints.(A)
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