Ephesians 5:33
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33 However, (A)let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she (B)respects her husband.
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1 Peter 3:2-7
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2 when they see your (A)respectful and pure conduct. 3 (B)Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— 4 but let your adorning be (C)the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. 5 For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, 6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, (D)calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and (E)do not fear anything that is frightening.
7 Likewise, (F)husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker (G)vessel, since they are heirs with you[a] of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
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- 1 Peter 3:7 Some manuscripts since you are joint heirs
Ephesians 5:22
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Ephesians 5:25
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25 (A)Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and (B)gave himself up for her,
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Colossians 3:19
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19 Husbands, love your wives, and (A)do not be harsh with them.
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Esther 1:20
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20 So when the decree made by the king is proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, for it is vast, (A)all women will give honor to their husbands, high and low alike.”
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Hebrews 12:9
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9 Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to (A)the Father of spirits (B)and live?
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Ephesians 5:28-29
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28 In the same way (A)husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,
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1 Kings 1:31
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31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground and paid homage to the king and said, (A)“May my lord King David live forever!”
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