- The keys to success and prosperity are grace, faith and hardwork.
- No man ever wins when he is afraid to fight.
- Christians can face heavy trails of the enemy. We can be knocked down but we can never be knocked out.
- 3. What did God tell Moses to do? To speak to the rock. And what was going to happen? Water was going to come out. In fact until Moses carried out the instruction and spoke, nothing would have happened. But there are many rocks in your life which need only your speaking to them to release their stored contents. Why has the water not come out? Because you are looking at the rock as a stone, but God is seeing it as a reservoir.
- 2. If you have a vision and you do not act on it, it will die. A vision not actioned is auctioned!
- 1. A lifestyle change isn’t required for God to accept people. All He asks for is a ‘heart change.’
- A vital key to success is that achievers risk their lives.
- Religion offers nothing; it is a dark alley leading nowhere.
- Too much playing safe has destroyed the aspirations of men and women headed for success
- We have nothing to offer the heathen but a religion, and true Christianity is not a religion. Religion is only a form, a ceremonial observance, but Christianity is a life itself. Christianity is the core, heart and nature of Jesus Christ being manifested in man.
- I was made in Heaven assembled in Nigeria and dispatched to my generation.
- A believer who is undisciplined and slothful in business principles will not prosper.
- Faith does not make things easy, it makes them possible.
- Zealousness doesn’t give you what you require from God, but faith is the raw material that gives you a better thing from God.
- God can take you from ‘who are you’ to ‘how are you?’
- God is looking for a voice not an echo.
- If you listen too much to what people say about you, you will not listen to what God is saying to you.
- Learn to fight even when you are not willing to fight, because the day you cease fighting, you star losing.
- Whatever you admire in life, desire it, and whatever you desire in life reacquire it, and whatever you require in life, aspire for it, don’t retire, but refire, when you refire, the acquire that which you desire that you admire in life
- Anything taller than you is under the feet of God.
- Don’t tell me how big your mountain is. Tell your mountain how BIG your God is.
- I don’t worry, I don’t fear, I know that God is on my side.
- When it looks as if God is refusing to answer, endeavor to respond with a waiting.
- My life has never been in danger, God is in control, and no man can plan evil against me and succeed.
- The mark of a born-again Christian is his soldier status. All God’s children are warriors. God’s servants are all fighters.
Benson Idahosa Raising The Dead
It is without a doubt that during the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ, he raised many dead people. The Bible tells us that He went about doing good. Throughout his earthly ministry, he healed all who came to him with sicknesses of all kinds.
The Bible tells us that he gave sight to the blind, strengthened the legs of the lame to walk, opened the ears of the deaf to hear, commanded the dumb to speak, and liberated all those who were under the captivity of Satan.
Remember what Jesus Christ said in John 14 verse 12 ” Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.”
In this verse, Jesus Christ is telling us that anyone who believes in Him will be able to do the things that He deed and even do greater things.
Hence, we can say that it is all about faith in God for the Bible says that all things are possible for God to do. Likewise, the Bible says that all things are possible for he that believes. It is important to note that the impossible exists only in the human realm and not in that of God. Apart from Jesus Christ, a good number of prophets in the Bible also raised many dead people.
Below are cases in the Bible that the dead were brought back to life:
1. Elijah raised the son of the Zarephath widow from the dead (1 Kings 17 Verses 17 to 22).
2. Elisha raised the son of the Shunammite woman from the dead (2 Kings 4 Verses 32 to 35).
3. A man was raised from the dead when his body touched Elisha’s bones (2 Kings 13 Verse 20, and 21)
4. Many saints rose from the dead at the resurrection of Jesus (Matthew 27 Verse 50 to 53).
5. Jesus rose from the dead (Matthew 28 Verse 5 to 8; Mark 16 Verse 6; Luke 24 Verse 5, and 6).
6. Jesus raised the son of the widow of Nain from the dead (Luke 7 Verses 11 to 15).
7. Jesus raised the daughter of Jairus from the dead (Luke 8 Verse 41, 42, 49 to 55).
8. Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead (John 11 Verse 1-44). 9. Peter raised Dorcas from the dead (Acts 9 Verse 36-41).
10. Eutychus was raised from the dead by Paul (Acts 20 Verse 9, 10).
Behold, Jesus Christ raised the dead, His immediate Apostles deed the same just as He had said in John 14 Verse 12. Jesus said anyone who believes in Him will do what he deed and even do greater things because he was going to the Father Almighty. His immediate Apostles believed and it worked for them. What of us today? Are we not also believers who share the same faith with the Apostles of Old. Of course, we are because Jesus Christ does not change. Hebrews 13 Verse 8 tells us that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. It is in this light that Archbishop Benson Idahosa stepped out in faith to raise a dead and it worked. Glory be to God.
Let’s hear him from his own words: “As a young Christian, I once heard my pastor say during a morning service that Christians could raise the dead in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. I believed it with all my heart. And flying around on my bicycle in those days, I went through the city of Benin in search of a dead person to raise to life. After about five hours of hard searching I found a compound where a little girl had died a few hours before. The corpse had been cleaned and prepared for burial. I walked boldly up to the father of the dead child. “The God whom I serve can bring your baby back to life,” I told him. “Will you permit me to pray for the child and bring her back to life?” The man was startled, but he agreed. With great enthusiasm, I walked into the room and up to the bed. The child was cold and dead. With strong faith in the Lord, I called on the Lord to restore the child back to life. I turned to the corpse and called it by name, “Arise in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.” Oh Glory to God! The corpse sneezed, heavily, alas. The child had come back to life!”
Archbishop Benson Andrew Idahosa Biography, Ministry, Wife, and Children
Get to know about Archbishop Benson Andrew Idahosa Biography, Ministry, Wife, and Children. Born on September 11, 1938, and named Benson Andrew Idahosa, was a charismatic Pentecostal preacher who departed from our midst on the 12 of March 1998. His impact on the African continent and the world at large is still felt to date. Behold, the name Benson A. Idahosa is one that can’t be omitted when talking about Christian fathers in Africa. He is the Founder of the Church Of God Mission International. Archbishop Benson Idahosa was popularly known as the father of Pentecostalism in Nigeria. He was the founder of Benson Idahosa University (BIU), Founder/President of Big Ben’s Children Hospital, Vice-President of All Nations For Christ Bible Institute International, among other positions.
Archbishop Benson Andrew Idahosa Biography
His Early Christian Ministry Testimony
With his own words, Archbishop Benson Idahosa said; “As a young Christian, I once heard my pastor say during a morning service that Christians could raise the dead in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. I believed it with all my heart. And flying around on my bicycle in those days, I went through the city of Benin in search of a dead person to raise to life. After about five hours of hard searching I found a compound where a little girl had died a few hours before. The corpse had been cleaned and prepared for burial. I walked boldly up to the father of the dead child. “The God whom I serve can bring your baby back to life,” I told him. “Will you permit me to pray for the child and bring her back to life?” The man was startled, but he agreed. With great enthusiasm, I walked into the room and up to the bed. The child was cold and dead. With strong faith in the Lord, I called on the Lord to restore the child back to life. I turned to the corpse and called it by name, “Arise in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.” Oh Glory to God! The corpse sneezed, heavily, alas. The child had come back to life!“
Benson Idahosa Story
His Childhood
It was on September 11, 1938, that Benson Andrew Idahosa was born in Benin City. History holds that he was born of poor pagan parents. In addition, he was a sickly infant who was always fainting. Due to his unstable health condition, his father ordered his mother to throw him in the dustbin. When Benson Idahosa was eighteen months old, he was left on a rubbish heap to die. In addition to being rejected by his father, he was sent to work on a farm as a servant and was denied education until he was 14 years old. Benson Idahosa received an irregular form of education due to the poor financial status of his parents. However, he later took corresponding courses from Britain and the United States while working in Bata Shoe Company.
Benson Idahosa’s Conversion And Call Into Ministry
The conversion of Benson Idahosa is one that we can class as dramatic. Also, the nature of his calling is one that we can perceive as supernatural. Behold, it was on a Sunday afternoon in a football field that Benson Idahosa was converted by Pastor Okpo. Little did he know that his going to play soccer was going to be a turning point in his entire life. Records hold that while in the field to play soccer with his teammates, Pastor Okpo preached the Good News of Jesus Christ and he openly received it. This led the young Benson Idahosa to become the first Bini member of Pastor Okpo’s small congregation. It is said that as a young convert, Benson Idahosa became very zealous to winning souls as well as conducting outreaches to villages around Benin City.
It is said that Benson Idahosa was called to the ministry in a night vision from the Lord. Reporting what he saw and heard in the vision, Benson Idahosa said that he heard a Heavenly voice saying, “I have called you that you might take the gospel around the world in my name, preach the gospel, and I will confirm my word with signs following.” Behold, the room was filled with the presence of God as Benson Andrew Idahosa fell to his knees just beside his bed: “Lord, wherever you want me to go, I will go.”
After this encounter, he prayed on through the night, as he renewed his vows to God and interceded for the people who were yet to hear the message of salvation through Christ that God had sent him with. After this call, Benson Idahosa went from village to village as he preached the Good News of Salvation through Repentance and the Blood of Jesus Christ. In his journeys, he was accompanied by a great anointing and power. Many were convinced of their sins and decided to change from their evil ways as they follow Christ. Also, many were healed as he prayed for the sick.
Expansion Of His Ministry And His Credentials
Benson Andrew Idahosa, the famous Nigerian Archbishop and founder of Church Of God Mission International incorporated with its headquarters in Benin City, Nigeria established over 6,000 churches throughout Nigeria and Ghana before 1971. Most of the ministers that Archbishop Benson Idahosa supervised pastored churches of 1,000 to 4,000 people. In addition to filling the position of Archbishop of Church Of God Mission, he was President of All Nations For Christ Bible Institute, President of Faith Medical Center, and President of Idahosa World Outreach. The truth is that he held positions in numerous organizations among which was the college of Bishops of the International Communion of Christian churches and the Oral Roberts University in Oklahoma.
It is also worth pointing to the fact that Benson Idahosa earned a Diploma in Divinity from Christ For The Nations Institute In Dallas, Texas, which he attended in 1971. In the same light, he earned a Doctorate of Divinity in 1981 from the Word Of Faith College, New Orleans. He also earned a Doctor of Laws degree from Oral Roberts University in March 1984. Idahosa also received other degrees from the International University in Brussels, Belgium. Concerning Benson Idahosa’s Children, we’ll say that together with his wife, Margaret Idahosa, the couple was blessed with four children.
Benson Idahosa’s Supreme Task
Benson Idahosa had as a primary concern the winning of more souls into the Kingdom of God. With a motto “Evangelism our Supreme Task,” Idahosa fully went into spreading the Good News about our Lord Jesus Christ in Nigeria, Africa, and the World at large. Records hold that Benson Andrew Idahosa ministered in over 123 countries of the world. Note that crusades played an important or vital role in the ministerial life of Benson Idahosa. It is said that he was involved in at least one crusade per month. In April 1985, a record of one million people a night attended his Lagos Crusade. Also, Idahosa established the Redemption Television Ministry with a potential viewing audience of 50 people.
The Things That The Leading Gospel Ministers Said About Archbishop Benson Andrew Idahosa
Evangelist T. L. Osborn, from Tulsa, Oklahoma said: “Many who follow Idahosa’s teaching have been saved from poverty and have learned to plant out of their desperate need and to look to God as their divine source thereby becoming prosperous Christians in their own land. Idahosa rose from the rank of an ordinary man to world leadership as a pastor, builder, counsellor, prophet, teacher, apostle, evangelist,–a man of godly wisdom and of Christ-like compassion, whose ministry has blessed millions the world over. Idahosa was the greatest African ambassador of the apostolic Christian faith to the world.“
Mrs. Gordon Freda Lindsay, president of Christ for the Nations Inc., Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. said: “I know of no young black in all of Africa who is reaching millions as Benson is,–in crusades with hundreds of thousands in attendance, in his weekly nationwide telecast, in his Bible School, training eager students from several nations. He also conducts campaigns in Sweden, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Australia and the United States, where he often appeared on national religious telecasts. His burden for souls, his ministry of healing and miracles, even to the raising of several dead, demonstrates he is especially called of the Lord in these end times.“
Daniel Orris said: “Benin City respects and salutes this great man of God, even at death. I have been with him on visits to many officials, to the governor, to the powerful Benin tribal kings. He moved with God and his people know it. His great miracle cathedral (his headquarters) seats over 10,000 (1981). His Bible School attracts upper class people from different African nations. And they also come from Maurice, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, the Middle East, Europe and other nations of the world–a truly International Bible Training Centre of dynamic faith. People know that Bishop Idahosa preached what he practiced. Dr. Idahosa’s evangelistic ministry has reached nations around the world. He was the first black African evangelist to shake Australia in a massive crusade that got national attention. His seminars have affected Christians and church leaders in many countries. I sincerely salute this man because he practiced among his own people what he preached to the world. Benson Idahosa was a man who believed God’s promises and that God’s miracle provision applies to Africans as well as to Americans. He believed that Africa has a part in God’s work, and Africa will reap God’s blessings.“
Dr. Ben Akosa said: “Benson Idahosa is sought after by everyone in his state, from government officials to beggars. When they posed questions and explained their problems to this man they received instantanous miracle solutions, just as people did in Bible days with God’s prophets. And the people get miraculous answers from this mighty leader of God’s people.“
The Secret Of Benson Idahosa’s Success
With a robust faith, Benson Idahosa stepped out believing God for Who He says He Is. He received God’s word just as it is written. In fact, he took everything that God said in the Bible for real. Benson Idahosa believed and trusted God with childlike faith. This great man of God once said that living a daily life of absolute faith in God is the only secret to great success. Behold, he believed God for everything. “All things are possible to him that believes.” The Archbishop spent quantitative and qualitative time in prayer and studying God’s Word. According to Benson Idahosa, if a person spends time studying the Bible and acting on it, people will come looking for that person for life solutions.
The Archbishop also spent part of his time studying the life and works of other successful people both in the gospel ministry and other life endeavors. He did not only study but also applied what he studied from the life and works of the people in his own life and ministry. Behold, he was very energetic and hardworking. One of the ministers whom he supervised said of him: “I had never seen a person who worked as hard as Archbishop Benson Idahosa. He was committed and consistent and he had confidence in himself. He was very humble and full of godly wisdom.”
Before Archbishop Benson Idahosa departed from our midst in 1998, he was said to be the leader of over 7,000,000 Jesus people worldwide.
You can as well read the Best 20 Powerful Faith Quotes By Archbishop Benson Andrew Idahosa.
20 Powerful Faith Quotes By Archbishop Benson Andrew Idahosa
The name Archbishop Benson Andrew Idahosa is one that can’t be forgotten in a generation that desires to worship a living God. Yes, I mean a living God. Although gone, his message about the living God is still laying hands on many and taking the faith of many to maturity. In fact, his messages are clothing young men and women with the power to uproot the evil in this generation. He was the kind of preacher that we find 1 in the midst of every 1,000.
With mere words backed by the One Who Sent him, he was able to call down physical and spiritual fire from heaven, instantly call blindness, paralysis, or death on anyone standing on the way of the Holy Gospel or one preventing the Truth from being known (Here, one can only remember how Prophet Elijah called down fire on a whole army sent to stop the work of God in his days).
In the days of Archbishop Benson Idahosa, raising the dead, healing all kinds of sicknesses, opening the eyes of the blind, restoring the speech of the dumb, opening the ears of the deaf, and opening the eyes of the blind were indeed the children’s bread. Father, we miss your days. Just as Elijah left something behind, do not accept to dwell peacefully where you are without pleading with God to continue what you started in our generation. We do not want the Power and Authority that accompanied you and Apostle Joseph Ayo Babalola to leave us. The world can only praise God and marvel at the things that He did through you:
- A man who called down rain and it rained.
- A man who commanded the rain to stop and it did.
- A man who commanded the dead to rise and they did
- A man who drove away hundreds of witches and wizards in Benin and thousands in Nigeria as a whole.
- A man whose presence demons, wizards, witches, and familiar spirits could not withstand.
- A man who communicated with the invisible and visible.
- A man who called the invisible into existence and it came.
- A man whose words were a mixture of fire and power (1 Corinthians 4:20)
- A man who shook the heavenly places as he went around doing the things everyone had concluded impossible.
- A man who fought not for a title but was crowned the Father Of Faith In Africa.
- A man that this generation and that to come will remember and give thanks to God for sending him.
- A spiritual father and guide to thousands if not millions.
- A man whose anointing is too heavy for a mere human to carry.
- Filled with the Epikaizo Anointing and clothed with the power of the Allos Parakletos, Benson Idahosa went about doing good.
- A man whose anointing, grace, power, and authority in Christ is still roaming the Earth looking for young men and women who are willing to follow Jesus Christ and run the Christian race in dimensions no one has ever heard of nor experienced.
- A man who saw the defeat of Satan before being taken away from the Earth.
20 Powerful Faith Quotes By Archbishop Benson Andrew Idahosa
- Faith does not make things easy, it makes things possible.
- Faith will move God and man; it will take you through when everything else fails.
- To practice faith, the first person you must defeat is yourself.
- Faith does not suspend our sense of good judgment, it reinforces it.
- When your language changes, your condition changes.
- Faith is not a superstition or an intention; it is action.
- Life is full of choices but faith in God will affect them all, for Christ can do all things.
- What you need to succeed is already there. Just lean on God. For your Faith’s sake, God can disappoint the devil.
- Living a daily life of absolute faith in God is the only secret to great success.
- If you are afraid to do it, it cannot be done.
- The name “I AM” is like a blank check. Our faith can fill in whatever the Lord is to us personally.
- Whatever your situation or circumstance, set your eyes by faith on the Lord, keep looking to Him, and continue looking until the tide turns in your favor.
- With a stone in your hand, the Word in your mouth, and faith in your heart, the giant will fall.
- If you must succeed you must learn how to take yourself out of conflict and put yourself in confidence.
- Faith in God is the most dynamic force in humanity.
- If science says that it can conceive and build, then faith declares that it can believe and create.
- The distance between you and success is the length between your heart and mouth.
- Fake it till you make it” Just keep doing it even if it doesn’t yet look like it. Have Faith and just Believe.
- Fear and anxiety may force you to make a false move, but remember, “Where there is faith, there is no fear.”
- Faith is the bricks and mortar with which we build our relationship with God.
Prophet Jay Israel Biography, Wife, Children, Family, Ministry, Contact Details, Age, Net Worth, Houses, Cars, And Private Jets
In this presentation, you’ll get to know about Prophet Jay Israel Biography, Prophet Jay Israel Wife, Prophet Jay Israel Wedding, Prophet Jay Israel Children, Prophet Jay Israel Family, Prophet Jay Israel Ministry, Prophet Jay Israel Contact Details, Prophet Jay Israel Houses, Prophet Jay Israel Net Worth, Prophet Jay Israel Cars, and Prophet Jay Israel Private Jets.
Prophet Jay Israel is popularly known as Jay Israel Senior. He is one of Pastor Alph Lukau’s Spiritual Son. This is why people many call him “Son Of Pastor Alph Lukau.” Although he does not answer this name as a biological son, he does so as a spiritual son in the Christian faith.
Prophet Jay Israel Biography
Prophet Jay Israel is a Zimbabwean born televangelist. Although he is currently operating in South Africa, he hails from Zimbabwe. This man of God claims to have died and risen again after fasting for over 35 days. The clergyman is well known for performing controversial miracles such as miracle money, prophesying people’s ID numbers as well as unlocking electronic gadgets. Many describe Jay Israel as the flamboyant prophet. Likewise, many address him as the man of the cloth not a man of God. However, the issue still remains that we are not God to judge or condemn his servants. Note that as of the time of making this presentation, very little is known about Prophet Jay Israel Biography or better still the story of Prophet Jay Israel.
Prophet Jay Israel Ministry
It is important to understand here that Jay Israel is an influential leader who serves as the senior pastor of Spirit Life Church. The Spirit Life Church is located in East London, South Africa. He has been running this Christian ministry for the past years. Although he encountered several ups and downs at the beginning, God’s grace was sufficient to keep him going. Over the years, his ministry has greatly grown. In fact, it is one that is currently well established.
Prophet Jay Israel Wife
On several occasions, the good looking pastor has always complained of women loving him and trying to distract him from his religious and spiritual calling.
In an interview, the pastor said:
“Most women are attracted to wealth, charisma, power and looks and all that I have – that is why I am loved by most ladies.
“I have been fighting temptation of sexual sin from the age of 18 when I started my ministry because women have always been on my case.
“I cannot give credit to myself for conquering most of these temptations but it was mainly by the grace of God,”
Narrating some of the scenarios, the clergyman pointed out that the women who are after him are foreigners, locals as well as women from his church.
In his own words, he said:
“I have countless women who have come home seeking for prayers and end up wanting to sleep at my apartment.
“There are some cases where beautiful women would just get straight to the point and tell me how much they wish to be intimate with me.
“It hasn’t been easy because these women I am talking about would be beautiful some foreign others local women and some would even be from our church,”
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However, Prophet Jay Israel, says that he will remain focus to God’s call in his life despite the numerous temptations from women who seduce him. As you can read from the interview above, the clergyman points to God’s sufficient grace that has been protecting him each time that a temptation comes up.
Apart from the desire to uphold Godly principles, Prophet Israel said that what also stops him from committing sexual sin is the need to protect his reputation.
In his own words, he says:
“One of the reasons why I will be getting married soon is because I want to settle in my love life.
“I always avoid by all means being caught doing the wrong things because I have a reputation to protect and that is why you see I always try to be on the safe side,”
The Calling Off Of His Engagement To His Spouse After Three (3) Months
Reports hold that barely three months after engaging his South African beauty Benene Bee, Spirit Life Church leader, Prophet Jay (Jacob) Israel is on the market again. These very reports hold that he parted ways with his lover over infidelity claims. Alleged sources close to the prophet revealed that the affair between the flamboyant prophet and Benene ended prematurely. It is even said that he had already paid Lobola. The engagement party was published by H-Metro.
As reports hold it, the youthful man of cloth has now replaced Benene with a 21-year-old University student, Khanya Mankayi whom he is set to have a white wedding with soon.
Reports hold that when Prophet Jay Israel was contacted to comment on this matter, he refused to disclose his love life to the public. However, H-Metro is said to be in possession of a recording where the clergyman introduced Khanya as his new girlfriend in church.
In his own words he said,
“I do not discuss my personal life with the media and I am warning you not to publish this story.
“What does my personal life got to do with you? Why can’t you write about the positive things that our ministry is doing instead of attacking us,”
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It is said that it was during one of his visits to Zimbabwe from South Africa that the prophet confirmed the split with Benene during a close door meeting with some of his spiritual sons at a local hotel. According to H-Metro moles who were present during the meeting, the prophet opened-up about his love life.
“The prophet came from South Africa where our our church is now headquartered.
“Whilst giving us giving us details of what was taking place in South Africa that was when he informed us that he is no longer with Benene,” he said.
Prophet Jay Israel House
Prophet Israel resides in South Africa where he has a pretty nice house. The type of house that many dream for.
Prophet Jay Israel Cars
It is without a doubt that Prophet Jay Israel has a good taste when it comes to choosing and buying luxurious cars. He regularly shows off his cars and luxurious holidays.
Prophet Jay Israel Private Jets
Although the clergyman regularly flies across the globe, he is not yet in possession of private jets. Of course, this is as of the presentation time. Perhaps, he’ll purchase one or more in the years to come. Note that his spiritual father, Pastor Alph Lukau possesses one.
Prophet Jay Israel Age
As of the time of presentation, the clergyman is in his thirties (30s). Behold, at 30-years, he is living a dream lifestyle.
Prophet Jay Israel Contact Details
You can reach his ministry through the following lines:
+27313504430
+27313504860
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Bible Verses About Husband Leading Wife
There are many Bible Verses About Husband Leading Wife worth knowing by all Christians. A husband plays a very important role in the family unit which was established by God. The very primary role of the husband in the Bible starts with leadership. The Holy Scripture makes it very clear unto the understanding of everyone that a husband must be a leader of his home and maintain a healthy control over his life. According to 1 Timothy 3 which speaks of two church leadership positions traditionally filled by men, an Overseer and Deacon must manage their family well. In a more specific way, verse 5 says, “If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?”
Likewise, Ephesians 5:21-24 says, “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.” In the same light, 1 Corinthians 11:3 says, “But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.”
With this in mind, we can say without doubt that one of the primary roles of the husband in the Bible is to lead. In simple terms, leadership here means influence. A husband should influence his family in the light of God’s ways.
Bible Verses About Husband Leading Wife
According to the Bible, husbands are being called to lead their families in the ways of God. As previously mentioned, leading is influencing. Note here that we are not saying that husbands are dictators but leaders. Biblically, husbands have been called to influence their wives, and families in accordance to Biblical teachings. Husbands are to exemplify, with words and actions, attributes that bring glory to God and value their spouse and offspring. In simple words, we can say that the fruits of a Biblically-based husband is a confident, strong, and spiritually mature wife and family. Provision and Protection are two very specific ways through which a husband influences his home. Although the role of the husband in the Bible starts with leadership, it also encompasses provision and protection.
There is no way that a husband can influence his wife if he does not care for her. He can demand and she may follow as a result, but he will never truly have her heart unless he provides for her needs, cares for her needs, and protects her both physically and spiritually. In support of this, 1 Timothy 5:8 says, “Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.” Likewise Colossians 3:19 says, “Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.” In addition, 1 Peter 3:7 reads “Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.”
What The Scriptures Say About Christian Leadership
The Bible tells us that God loves His daughters and the children that they bear. Whenever God gives one of His daughters to a man, He desires that the man love, care, protect, and provide for her. In no way does the Scripture teach that women and children be considered second rate or inferior to men. God finds them so special that He asks for special care to be given the; a care that only Biblically-based men can provide. It is without doubt that women are quite capable of taking care of themselves. However, God created men and women to be physically different. And due to the physical nature and strength that God gave men, He has charged them with the provision and protection of their families. However, the physical nature and strength of a man are to be managed with grace and gentleness.
God did not create men to lord over women nor did He create women to simply sit back and wait on men. Rather, He made them to complement each other through a healthy companionship. Being a good companion is one of the roles of a husband in the Bible. In fact, the role of the husband in the Bible is fulfilled through the heart of companionship.
It is in this light that Ephesians 5:25-33 says, “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church—for we are members of his body. ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.”
Facts On What The Bible Says About Husband Leading Wife
God should always be the head in every relationship between a husband and a wife. This relationship in question s to be governed or based on love, sincerity, faithfulness, respect, support, forgiveness, and commitment. Both partners are to help each other, comfort each other, love each other, and live a happy life together. Such is the ideal model of marriage which is portrayed at the beginning of the Bible with the creation of Eve.
Genesis 2:20-24 says, “…But for Adam no suitable helper was found. So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh. Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, ‘This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called “woman,” for she was taken out of man.’ That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.”
Behold, God created men and women with natural, physical, and emotional differences. Usually where one is weak, the other is strong. Thus, a husband and wife can help each other by meeting the other person’s needs through physical and emotional intimacy.
1 Corinthians 7:2-5 addresses this, “But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband. The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.”
When the needs of each spouse are met rightly, the two can help each other as they live a successful relationship. Through their companionship, a husband and wife work together to grow a family. God’s plan was that every home operates under the guidance of both a husband and a wife and that through this, they raise healthy children that fear and obey His ways.
In support of this, Ephesians 6:1-3 says, “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘Honor your father and mother’ —which is the first commandment with a promise— ‘so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.’”
What The Bible Says About Christian Husband Leading Wife
Truth be told, the Bible says much about being a Christian Husband that an entire book could be written on it. In fact, as of the time of putting up this article, many books have been written based on what the Bible says about being a Christian husband. Ephesians 5:15–33 clearly portrays a picture of what it means to be a Christian husband. Here, Apostle Paul speaks on what it means to be in Christ, that is, to be in a right relationship with God Almighty. Beginning in verse 23, we can read Apostle Paul’s instructions to the Christian wife whereby he explains that she is to recognize in her husband the kind of leader that Christ is to His beloved Church. In verse 25, Apostle Paul directly says the same thing to the Christian husband.
The Christian’s model for husbandly conduct is Jesus Christ Himself. In simple words, God expects Christian husbands to love their wives fully, sacrificially, and unconditionally, the same way that Christ our savior loves us. The Christian husband is expected to be willing to give everything, including his lifeblood, if necessary, for the benefit and welfare of his wife and family. God’s plan is that the husband and wife become one (Mark 10:8), so what the husband has belongs to the wife. Always remember that there is no selfishness in love (1 Corinthians 13:5); there is only giving which is made out of love. The Christian husband’s feeling for his wife should go beyond romance, infatuation, or sexual desire. Such a relationship is based on true love – the God-reflecting, God-given spirit of sacrifice.
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The Christian husband is more interested in his wife’s well-being more than his own. As a fellow-heir of eternal life, he promotes her spiritual well-being (1 Peter 3:7). Instead of asking what he can get from her, he thinks of what he can be and do for her. Ephesians 5 tells us how a loving Christian husband is the instrument of Christ’s love for his Church. Many times, a Christian husband is also a father. Whatever the case, just note that the Christian roles of a husband and father are interwoven. God created man and woman as sexual beings for a good number of reasons. One of this is the joy of perpetuating the race, of populating the entire Earth with generations of people who bear God’s name and reflect His image. The husband is the head of the family just as Christ is the head of the Church.
Bible Verses About Husband Leading Wife
1 Timothy 5:8 – “But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”
1 Corinthians 7:1-7 – “Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. …”
Ephesians 5:25-33 – “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, …“
1 Peter 3:7 – “Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.“
Group 1 – Bible Verses About Husband Leading Wife
1 Corinthians 7:10-11 – “To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife.“
Philippians 4:13 – “I can do all things through him who strengthens me.“
Ephesians 5:28 – “In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.“
Ephesians 5:25 – “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,“
Colossians 3:19 – “Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.“
1 Corinthians 7:10-11 – “To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife.”
1 Peter 3:1-22 – “Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, …“
Group 2 – Bible Verses About Husband Leading Wife
James 1:1-27 – “James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. …“
Ephesians 5:31 – “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
Hebrews 13:4 – “Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.“
Ephesians 5:33 – “However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.”
1 Corinthians 11:3 – “But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.”
Genesis 3:16 – To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”
Ephesians 5:23 – “For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.”
Genesis 2:24 – “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.”
Group 3 – Bible Verses About Husband Leading Wife
Ephesians 5:22-24 – “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.“
1 Peter 3:1 – “Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,“
Proverbs 16:1 – “The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.“
Ephesians 5:22 – “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.”
Ephesians 5:22-33 – “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, …“
Proverbs 18:22 – “He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.”
Colossians 3:18 – “Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.“
Group 4 – Bible Verses About Husband Leading Wife
1 Corinthians 10:13 – “No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.“
Matthew 5:28 – “But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.“
1 Corinthians 7:2 – “But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.”
Ephesians 4:32 – “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.”
Ephesians 5:1-33 – “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. …”
Colossians 3:18-19 – “Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.“
Group 5 – Bible Verses About Husband Leading Wife
Ephesians 5:25-29 – “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,“
Titus 2:5 – “To be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.”
Ephesians 6:4 – “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.“
1 Peter 4:8 – “Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.“
Matthew 19:4-6 – He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Proverbs 19:14 – “House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.”
Group 6 – Bible Verses About Husband Leading Wife
Matthew 19:5 – “And said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?“
Ecclesiastes 4:9-11 – “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone?“
Romans 5:8 – “But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.“
Jeremiah 29:11 – “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.“
Ecclesiastes 9:9 – “Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.”
Matthew 5:32 – “But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.”
Romans 6:19 – “I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.”
Ephesians 5:21 – “Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.”
Group 7 – Bible Verses About Husband Leading Wife
1 Timothy 2:12 – “I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.”
Romans 8:28 – “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.“
Malachi 3:1-18 – “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord. Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years…”
Titus 1:6 – “If anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination.“
Psalm 23:1 – “A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.“
1 Peter 3:6 – “As Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.”
Proverbs 5:18-19 – “Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love.”
Group 8 – Bible Verses About Husband Leading Wife
1 Timothy 3:12 – “Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well.”
Titus 2:4-5 – “And so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.”
Deuteronomy 24:5 – “When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom he has taken.“
Genesis 2:23 – Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”
Proverbs 14:1 – “The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.“
Psalm 118:6 – “The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?”
Ecclesiastes 4:12 – “And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.“
Proverbs 22:29 – “Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.”
Proverbs 20:6-7 – “Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find? The righteous who walks in his integrity— blessed are his children after him!“
Group 9 – Bible Verses About Husband Leading Wife
Revelation 1:1-20 – “The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. …“
1 Peter 3:1-6 – “Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, …“
Group 10 – Bible Verses About Husband Leading Wife
Ephesians 5:26-27 – “That he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.”
Ephesians 5:24 – “Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.”
Ephesians 5:21-24 – “Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.”
Ephesians 6:1-24 – “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, …“
Ephesians 5:26 – “That he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,“
Philippians 1:9-10 – “And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,“
Colossians 3:14 – “And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.“
Group 11 – Bible Verses About Husband Leading Wife
1 Corinthians 13:1-13 – “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; …“
Ephesians 4:1-2 – “I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,“
Ephesians 1:22 – “And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church,“
Ephesians 4:1-32 – “I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— one Lord, one faith, one baptism, …“
Ephesians 4:2-3 – “With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.”
Ephesians 5:22-23 – “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.“
Group 12 – Bible Verses On Husband Leading Wife
Mark 10:9 – “What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Romans 5:10 – “For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.“
1 Corinthians 7:3 – “The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband.“
John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
1 Corinthians 7:10 – “To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband.“
1 Corinthians 7:5 – “Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.“
1 Corinthians 13:5 – “Or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;“
1 Corinthians 11:9 – “Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.”
Group 13 – Bible Verses On Husband Leading Wife
Mark 10:6-9 – “But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Proverbs 13:20 – “Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.“
Song of Solomon 7:7-12 – “Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters. I say I will climb the palm tree and lay hold of its fruit. Oh may your breasts be like clusters of the vine, and the scent of your breath like apples, and your mouth like the best wine. It goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding over lips and teeth. I am my beloved’s, and his desire is for me. Come, my beloved, let us go out into the fields and lodge in the villages; …”
Luke 16:1-31 – “He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’ And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.’ So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ …“
Proverbs 15:33 – “The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor.“
Group 14 – Bible Verses On Husband Leading Wife
Psalm 23:1-6 – “A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. …“
Psalm 127:3-5 – “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.”
Proverbs 12:4 – “An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.“
Proverbs 1:8 – “Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching,“
Proverbs 5:18 – “Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth,“
Psalm 28:7 – “The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.“
Proverbs 5:19 – “A lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love.”
Group 15 – Bible Verses For Husband Leading Wife
Genesis 2:20-25 – “The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. …“
Joshua 24:15 – “And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
Group 16 – Bible Verses For Husband Leading Wife
Jeremiah 29:1-32 – “These are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders of the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. This was after King Jeconiah and the queen mother, the eunuchs, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metal workers had departed from Jerusalem. The letter was sent by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. It said: “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce. …“
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Bible Verses About Husbands Leading
There are many Bible Verses About Husbands Leading worth knowing by all Christians. A husband plays a very important role in the family unit which was established by God. The very primary role of the husband in the Bible starts with leadership. The Holy Scripture makes it very clear unto the understanding of everyone that a husband must be a leader of his home and maintain a healthy control over his life. According to 1 Timothy 3 which speaks of two church leadership positions traditionally filled by men, an Overseer and Deacon must manage their family well. In a more specific way, verse 5 says, “If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?”
Likewise, Ephesians 5:21-24 says, “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.” In the same light, 1 Corinthians 11:3 says, “But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.”
With this in mind, we can say without doubt that one of the primary roles of the husband in the Bible is to lead. In simple terms, leadership here means influence. A husband should influence his family in the light of God’s ways.
Bible Verses About Husbands Leading
According to the Bible, husbands are being called to lead their families in the ways of God. As previously mentioned, leading is influencing. Note here that we are not saying that husbands are dictators but leaders. Biblically, husbands have been called to influence their wives, and families in accordance to Biblical teachings. Husbands are to exemplify, with words and actions, attributes that bring glory to God and value their spouse and offspring. In simple words, we can say that the fruits of a Biblically-based husband is a confident, strong, and spiritually mature wife and family. Provision and Protection are two very specific ways through which a husband influences his home. Although the role of the husband in the Bible starts with leadership, it also encompasses provision and protection.
There is no way that a husband can influence his wife if he does not care for her. He can demand and she may follow as a result, but he will never truly have her heart unless he provides for her needs, cares for her needs, and protects her both physically and spiritually. In support of this, 1 Timothy 5:8 says, “Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.” Likewise Colossians 3:19 says, “Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.” In addition, 1 Peter 3:7 reads “Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.”
What The Scriptures Say About Christian Husbands Leading
The Bible tells us that God loves His daughters and the children that they bear. Whenever God gives one of His daughters to a man, He desires that the man love, care, protect, and provide for her. In no way does the Scripture teach that women and children be considered second rate or inferior to men. God finds them so special that He asks for special care to be given the; a care that only Biblically-based men can provide. It is without doubt that women are quite capable of taking care of themselves. However, God created men and women to be physically different. And due to the physical nature and strength that God gave men, He has charged them with the provision and protection of their families. However, the physical nature and strength of a man are to be managed with grace and gentleness.
God did not create men to lord over women nor did He create women to simply sit back and wait on men. Rather, He made them to complement each other through a healthy companionship. Being a good companion is one of the roles of a husband in the Bible. In fact, the role of the husband in the Bible is fulfilled through the heart of companionship.
It is in this light that Ephesians 5:25-33 says, “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church—for we are members of his body. ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.”
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God should always be the head in every relationship between a husband and a wife. This relationship in question s to be governed or based on love, sincerity, faithfulness, respect, support, forgiveness, and commitment. Both partners are to help each other, comfort each other, love each other, and live a happy life together. Such is the ideal model of marriage which is portrayed at the beginning of the Bible with the creation of Eve.
Genesis 2:20-24 says, “…But for Adam no suitable helper was found. So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh. Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, ‘This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called “woman,” for she was taken out of man.’ That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.”
Behold, God created men and women with natural, physical, and emotional differences. Usually where one is weak, the other is strong. Thus, a husband and wife can help each other by meeting the other person’s needs through physical and emotional intimacy.
1 Corinthians 7:2-5 addresses this, “But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband. The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.”
When the needs of each spouse are met rightly, the two can help each other as they live a successful relationship. Through their companionship, a husband and wife work together to grow a family. God’s plan was that every home operates under the guidance of both a husband and a wife and that through this, they raise healthy children that fear and obey His ways.
In support of this, Ephesians 6:1-3 says, “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘Honor your father and mother’ —which is the first commandment with a promise— ‘so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.’”
What The Bible Says About Christian Husbands Leading
Truth be told, the Bible says much about being a Christian Husband that an entire book could be written on it. In fact, as of the time of putting up this article, many books have been written based on what the Bible says about being a Christian husband. Ephesians 5:15–33 clearly portrays a picture of what it means to be a Christian husband. Here, Apostle Paul speaks on what it means to be in Christ, that is, to be in a right relationship with God Almighty. Beginning in verse 23, we can read Apostle Paul’s instructions to the Christian wife whereby he explains that she is to recognize in her husband the kind of leader that Christ is to His beloved Church. In verse 25, Apostle Paul directly says the same thing to the Christian husband.
The Christian’s model for husbandly conduct is Jesus Christ Himself. In simple words, God expects Christian husbands to love their wives fully, sacrificially, and unconditionally, the same way that Christ our savior loves us. The Christian husband is expected to be willing to give everything, including his lifeblood, if necessary, for the benefit and welfare of his wife and family. God’s plan is that the husband and wife become one (Mark 10:8), so what the husband has belongs to the wife. Always remember that there is no selfishness in love (1 Corinthians 13:5); there is only giving which is made out of love. The Christian husband’s feeling for his wife should go beyond romance, infatuation, or sexual desire. Such a relationship is based on true love – the God-reflecting, God-given spirit of sacrifice.
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The Christian husband is more interested in his wife’s well-being more than his own. As a fellow-heir of eternal life, he promotes her spiritual well-being (1 Peter 3:7). Instead of asking what he can get from her, he thinks of what he can be and do for her. Ephesians 5 tells us how a loving Christian husband is the instrument of Christ’s love for his Church. Many times, a Christian husband is also a father. Whatever the case, just note that the Christian roles of a husband and father are interwoven. God created man and woman as sexual beings for a good number of reasons. One of this is the joy of perpetuating the race, of populating the entire Earth with generations of people who bear God’s name and reflect His image. The husband is the head of the family just as Christ is the head of the Church.
Bible Verses About Husbands Leading
Ephesians 5:25-33 – “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, …“
1 Peter 3:7 – “Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.“
1 Timothy 5:8 – “But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”
1 Corinthians 7:1-7 – “Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. …”
Group 1 – Bible Verses About Husbands Leading
1 Corinthians 7:10-11 – “To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife.”
1 Peter 3:1-22 – “Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, …“
1 Corinthians 7:10-11 – “To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife.“
Philippians 4:13 – “I can do all things through him who strengthens me.“
Ephesians 5:28 – “In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.“
Ephesians 5:25 – “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,“
Colossians 3:19 – “Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.“
Group 2 – Bible Verses About Husbands Leading
1 Corinthians 11:3 – “But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.”
Genesis 3:16 – To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”
Ephesians 5:23 – “For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.”
Genesis 2:24 – “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.”
James 1:1-27 – “James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. …“
Ephesians 5:31 – “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
Hebrews 13:4 – “Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.“
Ephesians 5:33 – “However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.”
Group 3 – Bible Verses About Husbands Leading
Ephesians 5:22-33 – “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, …“
Proverbs 18:22 – “He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.”
Colossians 3:18 – “Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.“
Ephesians 5:22-24 – “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.“
1 Peter 3:1 – “Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,“
Proverbs 16:1 – “The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.“
Ephesians 5:22 – “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.”
Group 4 – Bible Verses About Husbands Leading
Ephesians 5:1-33 – “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. …”
Colossians 3:18-19 – “Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.“
1 Corinthians 10:13 – “No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.“
Matthew 5:28 – “But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.“
1 Corinthians 7:2 – “But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.”
Ephesians 4:32 – “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.”
Group 5 – Bible Verses About Husbands Leading
Ephesians 6:4 – “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.“
1 Peter 4:8 – “Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.“
Matthew 19:4-6 – He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Proverbs 19:14 – “House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.”
Ephesians 5:25-29 – “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,“
Titus 2:5 – “To be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.”
Group 6 – Bible Verses About Husbands Leading
Ecclesiastes 9:9 – “Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.”
Matthew 5:32 – “But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.”
Romans 6:19 – “I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.”
Ephesians 5:21 – “Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.”
Matthew 19:5 – “And said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?“
Ecclesiastes 4:9-11 – “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone?“
Romans 5:8 – “But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.“
Jeremiah 29:11 – “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.“
Group 7 – Bible Verses About Husbands Leading
Titus 1:6 – “If anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination.“
Psalm 23:1 – “A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.“
1 Peter 3:6 – “As Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.”
Proverbs 5:18-19 – “Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love.”
1 Timothy 2:12 – “I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.”
Romans 8:28 – “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.“
Malachi 3:1-18 – “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord. Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years…”
Group 8 – Bible Verses About Husbands Leading
Proverbs 14:1 – “The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.“
Psalm 118:6 – “The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?”
Ecclesiastes 4:12 – “And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.“
Proverbs 22:29 – “Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.”
Proverbs 20:6-7 – “Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find? The righteous who walks in his integrity— blessed are his children after him!“
1 Timothy 3:12 – “Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well.”
Titus 2:4-5 – “And so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.”
Deuteronomy 24:5 – “When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom he has taken.“
Genesis 2:23 – Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”
Group 9 – Bible Verses About Husbands Leading
1 Peter 3:1-6 – “Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, …“
Revelation 1:1-20 – “The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. …“
Group 10 – Bible Verses About Husbands Leading
Ephesians 6:1-24 – “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, …“
Ephesians 5:26 – “That he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,“
Philippians 1:9-10 – “And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,“
Colossians 3:14 – “And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.“
Ephesians 5:26-27 – “That he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.”
Ephesians 5:24 – “Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.”
Ephesians 5:21-24 – “Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.”
Group 11 – Bible Verses For Husbands Leading
Ephesians 4:1-32 – “I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— one Lord, one faith, one baptism, …“
Ephesians 4:2-3 – “With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.”
Ephesians 5:22-23 – “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.“
1 Corinthians 13:1-13 – “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; …“
Ephesians 4:1-2 – “I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,“
Ephesians 1:22 – “And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church,“
Group 12 – Bible Verses On Husbands Leading
1 Corinthians 7:10 – “To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband.“
1 Corinthians 7:5 – “Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.“
1 Corinthians 13:5 – “Or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;“
1 Corinthians 11:9 – “Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.”
Mark 10:9 – “What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Romans 5:10 – “For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.“
1 Corinthians 7:3 – “The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband.“
John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
Group 13 – Bible Verses On Husbands Leading
Luke 16:1-31 – “He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’ And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.’ So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ …“
Proverbs 15:33 – “The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor.“
Mark 10:6-9 – “But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Proverbs 13:20 – “Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.“
Song of Solomon 7:7-12 – “Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters. I say I will climb the palm tree and lay hold of its fruit. Oh may your breasts be like clusters of the vine, and the scent of your breath like apples, and your mouth like the best wine. It goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding over lips and teeth. I am my beloved’s, and his desire is for me. Come, my beloved, let us go out into the fields and lodge in the villages; …”
Group 14 – Bible Verses On Husbands Leading
Proverbs 12:4 – “An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.“
Proverbs 1:8 – “Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching,“
Proverbs 5:18 – “Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth,“
Psalm 28:7 – “The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.“
Proverbs 5:19 – “A lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love.”
Psalm 23:1-6 – “A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. …“
Psalm 127:3-5 – “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.”
Group 15 – Bible Verses For Husbands Leading
Genesis 2:20-25 – “The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. …“
Joshua 24:15 – “And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
Group 16 – Bible Verses For Husbands Leading
Jeremiah 29:1-32 – “These are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders of the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. This was after King Jeconiah and the queen mother, the eunuchs, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metal workers had departed from Jerusalem. The letter was sent by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. It said: “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce. …“
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Bible Verses About Finding A Godly Husband
There are many Bible Verses About Finding A Godly Husband worth knowing. Many frequently ask questions like “What should I be looking for in a husband? What does the Bible say about finding a husband?” According to Acts 13:22, a Christian woman in search of a husband should go for a man “after God’s own heart”. It is important to understand here that the most important relationship that any of us can have is that with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This is the relationship that should always come before all others. The truth is that if our vertical relationship with God is healthy, then our horizontal relationship will definitely reflect this very reality. With this in mind, we can say without doubt that a potential husband should be a man who has his focus upon walking in the light of obedience to God’s Word.
As a Christian woman in search of a husband, it is recommended to go for a man who seeks to live his life in a way that brings glory to God’s Holy Name (1 Corinthians 10:31). However, there are other qualities worth looking for in a man with whom you want to settle down. In 1 Timothy 3, Apostle Paul clearly gives us the qualities to look for in a man or potential Christian husband. This passage in question holds the qualifications for a leader in the church body. These qualities are to grace the life of every man who goes “after God’s heart.” A potential Christian husband should display in his thoughts, words, and actions the love for God, and his neighbor. In his nature should be found compassion, a forgiving heart, loving heart, caring heart, generous heart, and the desire to do God’s will.
Bible Verses About Finding A Godly Husband
The Bible holds more qualities to look for in a potential husband. These qualities from 1 Timothy 3 can be paraphrased in the light of God’s Ways as follows: “a man should be patient and controlled in his demeanor, able to master his emotions, not filled with pride but of sober mental attitude, able to patiently teach, not prone to violence, given to graciousness to others, not given to drunkenness or uncontrolled use of any of God’s gifts, not apt to be a hot-head or be thin-skinned so that he takes offense easily, not overly focused upon the details of life but focused upon God, and grateful for what God has given him, rather than envious of what gifts others have received.” These are the qualities of a man who is actively working his way towards maturity in the faith.
A man with the above mentioned qualities is a potential husband for a Christian woman. Of course, physical attraction, complementary strengths, similar interests, and the desire to have children are things to consider too. However, these things should come in a secondary position to the spiritual qualities that a woman should look for in a man. Worth noting here is the fact that a man you can love, trust, respect, and follow in the path of godliness is of far greater value than a man of fame, good looks, money, or power.
What Does The Scriptures Say About Finding A Godly Life Partner?
There is much that the Scriptures say about finding a husband. According to the Scriptures, when “looking” for a husband, we must be surrendered to God’s will in our lives. Although every woman desires to find her “prince charming,” the reality is that she’ll likely end up marrying a man with as many flaws as she has. Then, by God’s grace, both will spend the rest of their lives learning what it takes to be a partner to, and servant of, each other. As a Christian woman, avoid entering into the second most important relationship of your life (marriage) under an emotional cloud. It is advisable to enter into marriage with your eyes wide open. Don’t allow emotions to cloud your sense of reason. Be still, ascertain yourself that you are making the right decision, one out of genuine love and not interest or ego, before you get into marriage.
Bible Verses About Finding A Godly Husband
Proverbs 18:22 – “He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.”
Psalm 27:14 – “Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!“
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 – “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”
Isaiah 34:16 – “Seek and read from the book of the Lord: Not one of these shall be missing; none shall be without her mate. For the mouth of the Lord has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them.”
Genesis 2:24 – Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Genesis 2:18 – Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”
Group 1 – Bible Verses About Finding A Godly Husband
Jeremiah 33:3 – “Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.”
2 Corinthians 6:14 – “Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?“
Proverbs 31:10-12 – “An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.”
2 Peter 3:9 – “The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.”
Matthew 7:7 – “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.“
Isaiah 62:4 – “You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate, but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her, and your land Married; for the Lord delights in you, and your land shall be married.“
Group 2 – Bible Verses About Finding A Godly Husband
Proverbs 31:10 – “An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.”
1 Thessalonians 4:1-18 – “Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God; …“
Psalm 68:6 – “God settles the solitary in a home; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.“
1 Corinthians 7:39 – “A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.”
James 1:17 – “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.“
Group 3 – Bible Verses About Finding A Godly Husband
1 John 2:27 – “But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.“
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 – “Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.“
Matthew 19:6 – “So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
1 Corinthians 7:9 – “But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.”
Isaiah 40:31 – “But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
Group 4 – Bible Verses About Finding A Godly Husband
Psalm 56:3 – “When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.”
Matthew 19:3-9 – “And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” They said to him, “Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?” …“
Colossians 3:19 – “Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.”
1 Corinthians 13:7 – “Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”
Romans 8:28 – “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”
Psalm 37:4 – “Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.“
Group 5 – Bible Verses About Finding A Godly Husband
1 Peter 3:7 – “Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.”
Philippians 1:6 – “And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.“
Joel 2:25 – “I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you.“
Matthew 5:31-32 – “It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.”
Luke 16:18 – “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.“
Group 6 – Bible Verses About Finding A Godly Husband
Genesis 1:27 – “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.“
Ephesians 5:25 – “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,”
Mark 10:2-12 – “And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away.” And Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ …“
Hebrews 10:23 – “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.”
Ephesians 1:11 – “In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,“
Hebrews 13:4 – “Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.”
Group 7 – Bible Verses About Finding A Godly Husband
Matthew 19:1-30 – “Now when Jesus had finished these sayings, he went away from Galilee and entered the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. And large crowds followed him, and he healed them there. And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? …“
James 1:5 – “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.”
Ephesians 5:23 – “For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.”
Deuteronomy 24:5 – “When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom he has taken.“
Isaiah 46:9-10 – “Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’“
Group 8 – Bible Verses About Finding A Godly Husband
Matthew 19:5 – “And said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?”
Psalm 100:4 – “Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!“
1 Corinthians 11:3 – “But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.”
Colossians 1:1-29 – “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, …“
Proverbs 12:4 – “An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.”
Group 9 – Bible Verses About Finding A Godly Husband
1 Timothy 5:8 – “But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.“
Ephesians 5:22-33 – “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, …“
1 Peter 4:8 – “Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.”
Colossians 3:14 – “And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.“
Ephesians 4:32 – “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.“
Proverbs 19:14 – “House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.“
Group 10 – Bible Verses About Finding A Godly Husband
Colossians 3:18-19 – “Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.”
Ephesians 5:28 – “In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.”
Matthew 19:4-6 – He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Jeremiah 29:11 – “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
1 Timothy 3:1-16 – “The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church? …“
Group 11 – Bible Verses About Finding A Godly Husband
Mark 10:9 – “What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
1 Corinthians 7:2 – “But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.”
Psalm 102:13 – “You will arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come.”
John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
Revelation 1:1-20 – “The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. …”
Group 12 – Bible Verses About Finding A Godly Husband
1 Corinthians13:1-13 – “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; …“
Matthew 5:32 – “But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.“
Colossians 2:1-23 – “For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. …“
Group 13 – Bible Verses About Finding A Godly Husband
1 Thessalonians 5:17 – “Pray without ceasing,“
Genesis 3:16 – To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”
1 Corinthians 7:10 – “To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband“
Ephesians 5:31 – “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
Proverbs 3:3-4 – “Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man.”
Philippians 1:9-10 – “And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,“
1 Thessalonians 4:4 – “That each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,“
Group 14 – Bible Verses On Finding A Godly Husband
Ephesians 4:1-2 – “I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,“
Ephesians 5:25-29 – “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,“
Ephesians 6:4 – “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”
Proverbs 30:18-19 – “Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a virgin.”
Matthew 5:28 – “But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
Group 15 – Bible Verses On Finding A Godly Husband
2 Peter 3:18 – “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.”
Ephesians 5:3 – “But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.”
1 Peter 3:1 – “Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,”
John 14:1 – “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.”
John 14:15 – “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.“
Titus 1:6 – “If anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination.“
Matthew 19:9 – “And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”
Romans 5:8 – “But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
Group 16 – Bible Verses For Finding A Godly Husband
Colossians 3:2 – “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.”
1 Timothy 3:12 – “Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well.”
Ephesians 5:26-27 – “That he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.“
1 Corinthians 13:13 – “So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”
Hebrews 11:6 – “And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.”
Hebrews 13:5 – “Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.””
Colossians 3:18 – “Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.“
Group 17 – Bible Verses For Finding A Godly Husband
Matthew 19:12 – “For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let the one who is able to receive this receive it.”
Ephesians 5:1-33 – “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. …“
Colossians 4:1-18 – “Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison— that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak. Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. …”
Matthew 19:3 – And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?”
Group 18 – Bible Verses On Finding A Godly Husband
Colossians 3:1-25 – “If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. …“
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What Should I Look For In A Husband?
What Should I Look For In A Husband? What should I be looking for in a husband? What does the Bible say about finding a husband? According to Acts 13:22, a Christian woman in search of a husband should go for a man “after God’s own heart”. It is important to understand here that the most important relationship that any of us can have is that with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This is the relationship that should always come before all others. The truth is that if our vertical relationship with God is healthy, then our horizontal relationship will definitely reflect this very reality. With this in mind, we can say without doubt that a potential husband should be a man who has his focus upon walking in the light of obedience to God’s Word.
As a Christian woman in search of a husband, it is recommended to go for a man who seeks to live his life in a way that brings glory to God’s Holy Name (1 Corinthians 10:31). However, there are other qualities worth looking for in a man with whom you want to settle down. In 1 Timothy 3, Apostle Paul clearly gives us the qualities to look for in a man or potential Christian husband. This passage in question holds the qualifications for a leader in the church body. These qualities are to grace the life of every man who goes “after God’s heart.” A potential Christian husband should display in his thoughts, words, and actions the love for God, and his neighbor. In his nature should be found compassion, a forgiving heart, loving heart, caring heart, generous heart, and the desire to do God’s will.
What Should I Be Looking For In A Husband?
The Bible holds more qualities to look for in a potential husband. These qualities from 1 Timothy 3 can be paraphrased in the light of God’s Ways as follows: “a man should be patient and controlled in his demeanor, able to master his emotions, not filled with pride but of sober mental attitude, able to patiently teach, not prone to violence, given to graciousness to others, not given to drunkenness or uncontrolled use of any of God’s gifts, not apt to be a hot-head or be thin-skinned so that he takes offense easily, not overly focused upon the details of life but focused upon God, and grateful for what God has given him, rather than envious of what gifts others have received.” These are the qualities of a man who is actively working his way towards maturity in the faith.
A man with the above mentioned qualities is a potential husband for a Christian woman. Of course, physical attraction, complementary strengths, similar interests, and the desire to have children are things to consider too. However, these things should come in a secondary position to the spiritual qualities that a woman should look for in a man. Worth noting here is the fact that a man you can love, trust, respect, and follow in the path of godliness is of far greater value than a man of fame, good looks, money, or power.
What Does The Scriptures Say About What To Look For In A Husband ?
There is much that the Scriptures say about finding a husband. According to the Scriptures, when “looking” for a husband, we must be surrendered to God’s will in our lives. Although every woman desires to find her “prince charming,” the reality is that she’ll likely end up marrying a man with as many flaws as she has. Then, by God’s grace, both will spend the rest of their lives learning what it takes to be a partner to, and servant of, each other. As a Christian woman, avoid entering into the second most important relationship of your life (marriage) under an emotional cloud. It is advisable to enter into marriage with your eyes wide open. Don’t allow emotions to cloud your sense of reason. Be still, ascertain yourself that you are making the right decision, one out of genuine love and not interest or ego, before you get into marriage.
What Should I Look For In A Husband?
Psalm 27:14 – “Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!“
Proverbs 18:22 – “He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.”
Genesis 2:24 – Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Genesis 2:18 – Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 – “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”
Isaiah 34:16 – “Seek and read from the book of the Lord: Not one of these shall be missing; none shall be without her mate. For the mouth of the Lord has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them.”
Group 1 – What Should I Look For In A Husband?
Isaiah 62:4 – “You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate, but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her, and your land Married; for the Lord delights in you, and your land shall be married.“
2 Peter 3:9 – “The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.”
Matthew 7:7 – “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.“
Proverbs 31:10-12 – “An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.”
Jeremiah 33:3 – “Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.”
2 Corinthians 6:14 – “Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?“
Group 2 – What Should I Look For In A Husband?
James 1:17 – “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.“
Psalm 68:6 – “God settles the solitary in a home; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.“
1 Corinthians 7:39 – “A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.”
1 Thessalonians 4:1-18 – “Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God; …“
Proverbs 31:10 – “An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.”
Group 3 – What Should I Look For In A Husband?
Isaiah 40:31 – “But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
Matthew 19:6 – “So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
1 Corinthians 7:9 – “But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.”
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 – “Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.“
1 John 2:27 – “But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.“
Group 4 – What Should I Look For In A Husband?
Romans 8:28 – “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”
Psalm 37:4 – “Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.“
Colossians 3:19 – “Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.”
1 Corinthians 13:7 – “Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”
Matthew 19:3-9 – “And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” They said to him, “Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?” …“
Psalm 56:3 – “When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.”
Group 5 – What Should I Look For In A Husband?
Luke 16:18 – “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.“
Matthew 5:31-32 – “It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.”
Joel 2:25 – “I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you.“
1 Peter 3:7 – “Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.”
Philippians 1:6 – “And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.“
Group 6 – What Should I Look For In A Husband?
Hebrews 13:4 – “Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.”
Hebrews 10:23 – “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.”
Ephesians 1:11 – “In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,“
Mark 10:2-12 – “And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away.” And Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ …“
Genesis 1:27 – “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.“
Ephesians 5:25 – “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,”
Group 7 – What Should I Look For In A Husband?
Isaiah 46:9-10 – “Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’“
Deuteronomy 24:5 – “When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom he has taken.“
James 1:5 – “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.”
Ephesians 5:23 – “For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.”
Matthew 19:1-30 – “Now when Jesus had finished these sayings, he went away from Galilee and entered the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. And large crowds followed him, and he healed them there. And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? …“
Group 8 – What Should I Look For In A Husband?
Colossians 1:1-29 – “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, …“
Proverbs 12:4 – “An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.”
1 Corinthians 11:3 – “But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.”
Matthew 19:5 – “And said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?”
Psalm 100:4 – “Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!“
Group 9 – What Should I Look For In A Husband?
Proverbs 19:14 – “House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.“
Ephesians 4:32 – “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.“
1 Peter 4:8 – “Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.”
Colossians 3:14 – “And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.“
Ephesians 5:22-33 – “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, …“
1 Timothy 5:8 – “But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.“
Group 10 – What Should I Look For In A Husband?
1 Timothy 3:1-16 – “The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church? …“
Jeremiah 29:11 – “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
Matthew 19:4-6 – He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Colossians 3:18-19 – “Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.”
Ephesians 5:28 – “In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.”
Group 11 – What Should I Look For In A Husband?
Revelation 1:1-20 – “The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. …”
John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
Psalm 102:13 – “You will arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come.”
Mark 10:9 – “What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
1 Corinthians 7:2 – “But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.”
Group 12 – What Should I Look For In A Husband?
Colossians 2:1-23 – “For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. …“
Matthew 5:32 – “But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.“
1 Corinthians13:1-13 – “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; …“
Group 13 – What Should I Look For In A Husband?
1 Thessalonians 4:4 – “That each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,“
Philippians 1:9-10 – “And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,“
Proverbs 3:3-4 – “Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man.”
Ephesians 5:31 – “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
1 Corinthians 7:10 – “To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband“
1 Thessalonians 5:17 – “Pray without ceasing,“
Genesis 3:16 – To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”
Group 14 – What Should I Look For In A Husband?
Matthew 5:28 – “But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
Ephesians 6:4 – “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”
Proverbs 30:18-19 – “Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a virgin.”
Ephesians 5:25-29 – “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,“
Ephesians 4:1-2 – “I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,“
Group 15 – What Should I Look For In A Husband?
Matthew 19:9 – “And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”
Romans 5:8 – “But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
John 14:15 – “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.“
Titus 1:6 – “If anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination.“
1 Peter 3:1 – “Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,”
John 14:1 – “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.”
2 Peter 3:18 – “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.”
Ephesians 5:3 – “But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.”
Group 16 – What Should I Look For In A Husband?
Hebrews 13:5 – “Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.””
Colossians 3:18 – “Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.“
1 Corinthians 13:13 – “So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”
Hebrews 11:6 – “And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.”
Ephesians 5:26-27 – “That he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.“
Colossians 3:2 – “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.”
1 Timothy 3:12 – “Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well.”
Group 17 – What Should I Look For In A Husband?
Matthew 19:3 – And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?”
Colossians 4:1-18 – “Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison— that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak. Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. …”
Ephesians 5:1-33 – “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. …“
Matthew 19:12 – “For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let the one who is able to receive this receive it.”
Group 18 – What Should I Look For In A Husband?
Colossians 3:1-25 – “If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. …“
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Bible Verses About A Woman Finding A Husband
There are many Bible Verses About A Woman Finding A Husband. Many frequently ask questions like “What should I be looking for in a husband? What does the Bible say about finding a husband?” According to Acts 13:22, a Christian woman in search of a husband should go for a man “after God’s own heart”. It is important to understand here that the most important relationship that any of us can have is that with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This is the relationship that should always come before all others. The truth is that if our vertical relationship with God is healthy, then our horizontal relationship will definitely reflect this very reality. With this in mind, we can say without doubt that a potential husband should be a man who has his focus upon walking in the light of obedience to God’s Word.
As a Christian woman in search of a husband, it is recommended to go for a man who seeks to live his life in a way that brings glory to God’s Holy Name (1 Corinthians 10:31). However, there are other qualities worth looking for in a man with whom you want to settle down. In 1 Timothy 3, Apostle Paul clearly gives us the qualities to look for in a man or potential Christian husband. This passage in question holds the qualifications for a leader in the church body. These qualities are to grace the life of every man who goes “after God’s heart.” A potential Christian husband should display in his thoughts, words, and actions the love for God, and his neighbor. In his nature should be found compassion, a forgiving heart, loving heart, caring heart, generous heart, and the desire to do God’s will.
Bible Verses About A Woman Finding A Husband
The Bible holds more qualities to look for in a potential husband. These qualities from 1 Timothy 3 can be paraphrased in the light of God’s Ways as follows: “a man should be patient and controlled in his demeanor, able to master his emotions, not filled with pride but of sober mental attitude, able to patiently teach, not prone to violence, given to graciousness to others, not given to drunkenness or uncontrolled use of any of God’s gifts, not apt to be a hot-head or be thin-skinned so that he takes offense easily, not overly focused upon the details of life but focused upon God, and grateful for what God has given him, rather than envious of what gifts others have received.” These are the qualities of a man who is actively working his way towards maturity in the faith.
A man with the above mentioned qualities is a potential husband for a Christian woman. Of course, physical attraction, complementary strengths, similar interests, and the desire to have children are things to consider too. However, these things should come in a secondary position to the spiritual qualities that a woman should look for in a man. Worth noting here is the fact that a man you can love, trust, respect, and follow in the path of godliness is of far greater value than a man of fame, good looks, money, or power.
What Does The Scriptures Say About A Woman Finding A Life Partner?
There is much that the Scriptures say about finding a husband. According to the Scriptures, when “looking” for a husband, we must be surrendered to God’s will in our lives. Although every woman desires to find her “prince charming,” the reality is that she’ll likely end up marrying a man with as many flaws as she has. Then, by God’s grace, both will spend the rest of their lives learning what it takes to be a partner to, and servant of, each other. As a Christian woman, avoid entering into the second most important relationship of your life (marriage) under an emotional cloud. It is advisable to enter into marriage with your eyes wide open. Don’t allow emotions to cloud your sense of reason. Be still, ascertain yourself that you are making the right decision, one out of genuine love and not interest or ego, before you get into marriage.
Bible Verses About A Woman Finding A Husband
Psalm 27:14 – “Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!“
Genesis 2:24 – Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Genesis 2:18 – Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”
Proverbs 18:22 – “He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.”
Isaiah 34:16 – “Seek and read from the book of the Lord: Not one of these shall be missing; none shall be without her mate. For the mouth of the Lord has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them.”
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 – “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”
Group 1 – Bible Verses About A Woman Finding A Husband
Matthew 7:7 – “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.“
Isaiah 62:4 – “You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate, but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her, and your land Married; for the Lord delights in you, and your land shall be married.“
2 Peter 3:9 – “The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.”
Jeremiah 33:3 – “Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.”
Proverbs 31:10-12 – “An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.”
2 Corinthians 6:14 – “Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?“
Group 2 – Bible Verses About A Woman Finding A Husband
Psalm 68:6 – “God settles the solitary in a home; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.“
James 1:17 – “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.“
1 Corinthians 7:39 – “A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.”
Proverbs 31:10 – “An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.”
1 Thessalonians 4:1-18 – “Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God; …“
Group 3 – Bible Verses About A Woman Finding A Husband
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 – “Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.“
1 John 2:27 – “But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.“
Isaiah 40:31 – “But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
1 Corinthians 7:9 – “But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.”
Matthew 19:6 – “So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Group 4 – Bible Verses About A Woman Finding A Husband
Colossians 3:19 – “Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.”
Romans 8:28 – “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”
Psalm 37:4 – “Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.“
1 Corinthians 13:7 – “Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”
Matthew 19:3-9 – “And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” They said to him, “Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?” …“
Psalm 56:3 – “When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.”
Group 5 – Bible Verses About A Woman Finding A Husband
Luke 16:18 – “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.“
Matthew 5:31-32 – “It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.”
1 Peter 3:7 – “Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.”
Philippians 1:6 – “And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.“
Joel 2:25 – “I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you.“
Group 6 – Bible Verses About A Woman Finding A Husband
Ephesians 1:11 – “In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,“
Hebrews 13:4 – “Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.”
Hebrews 10:23 – “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.”
Mark 10:2-12 – “And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away.” And Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ …“
Ephesians 5:25 – “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,”
Genesis 1:27 – “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.“
Group 7 – Bible Verses About A Woman Finding A Husband
Isaiah 46:9-10 – “Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’“
Deuteronomy 24:5 – “When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom he has taken.“
James 1:5 – “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.”
Ephesians 5:23 – “For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.”
Matthew 19:1-30 – “Now when Jesus had finished these sayings, he went away from Galilee and entered the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. And large crowds followed him, and he healed them there. And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? …“
Group 8 – Bible Verses About A Woman Finding A Husband
1 Corinthians 11:3 – “But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.”
Matthew 19:5 – “And said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?”
Psalm 100:4 – “Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!“
Colossians 1:1-29 – “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, …“
Proverbs 12:4 – “An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.”
Group 9 – Bible Verses About A Woman Finding A Husband
Ephesians 5:22-33 – “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, …“
1 Timothy 5:8 – “But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.“
Proverbs 19:14 – “House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.“
Colossians 3:14 – “And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.“
Ephesians 4:32 – “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.“
1 Peter 4:8 – “Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.”
Group 10 – Bible Verses About A Woman Finding A Husband
Matthew 19:4-6 – He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Ephesians 5:28 – “In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.”
Colossians 3:18-19 – “Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.”
1 Timothy 3:1-16 – “The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church? …“
Jeremiah 29:11 – “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
Group 11 – Bible Verses About A Woman Finding A Husband
Revelation 1:1-20 – “The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. …”
Psalm 102:13 – “You will arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come.”
1 Corinthians 7:2 – “But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.”
John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
Mark 10:9 – “What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Group 12 – Bible Verses About A Woman Finding A Husband
Colossians 2:1-23 – “For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. …“
Matthew 5:32 – “But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.“
1 Corinthians13:1-13 – “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; …“
Group 13 – Bible Verses On A Woman Finding A Husband
Ephesians 5:31 – “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
Genesis 3:16 – To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”
1 Corinthians 7:10 – “To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband“
1 Thessalonians 5:17 – “Pray without ceasing,“
Proverbs 3:3-4 – “Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man.”
Philippians 1:9-10 – “And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,“
1 Thessalonians 4:4 – “That each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,“
Group 14 – Bible Verses On A Woman Finding A Husband
Ephesians 5:25-29 – “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,“
Ephesians 4:1-2 – “I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,“
Ephesians 6:4 – “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”
Proverbs 30:18-19 – “Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a virgin.”
Matthew 5:28 – “But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
Group 15 – Bible Verses For A Woman Finding A Husband
1 Peter 3:1 – “Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,”
John 14:1 – “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.”
2 Peter 3:18 – “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.”
Ephesians 5:3 – “But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.”
Romans 5:8 – “But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
Matthew 19:9 – “And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”
Titus 1:6 – “If anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination.“
John 14:15 – “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.“
Group 16 – Bible Verses For A Woman Finding A Husband
1 Timothy 3:12 – “Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well.”
Ephesians 5:26-27 – “That he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.“
Colossians 3:2 – “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.”
Hebrews 13:5 – “Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.””
1 Corinthians 13:13 – “So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”
Hebrews 11:6 – “And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.”
Colossians 3:18 – “Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.“
Group 17 – Bible Verses For A Woman Finding A Husband
Ephesians 5:1-33 – “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. …“
Matthew 19:12 – “For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let the one who is able to receive this receive it.”
Matthew 19:3 – And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?”
Colossians 4:1-18 – “Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison— that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak. Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. …”
Group 18 – Bible Verses About A Woman Finding A Husband
Colossians 3:1-25 – “If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. …“
