Bible verses about "wives" | Coverdale

¹⁶ And vnto the woman he sayde: I will increase thy sorow, whan thou art with childe: with payne shalt thou beare thy childre, and thy lust shal pertayne vnto yi husbande, and he shal rule the.

¹ A wyse woma vpholdeth hir house, but a foolish wife plucketh it downe.

¹³ An vndiscrete sonne is ye heuynes of his father, & a braulynge wife is like the topp of an house, where thorow it is euer droppynge. ¹⁴ House & riches maye a ma haue by ye heretage of his elders, but a discrete woma is the gifte of the LORDE.

²⁸ But I saye vnto you, that whosoeuer loketh on a wife lustinge after her, hath committed aduoutrie with hir already in his hert.

³³ Neuertheles do ye so, that euery one of you loue his wife euen as himselfe: but let the wife feare hir hussbande.

¹⁸ Fle whordome. All synnes yt a man doth, are without the body. But he that commytteth whordome, synneth agaynst his awne body.

³¹ For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother, and cleue vnto his wife, and they two shal be one flesh:

²¹ submyttinge youreselues one to another in the feare of God.

⁴ Let wedlocke be had in pryce in all poyntes, & let ye chamber be vndefyled. For whorekepers and aduouterers God wil iudge.

⁷ Likewyse ye men, dwell with them acordinge vnto knowlege, geuynge honor vnto the wife, as to the weaker vessel: & as vnto the yt are heyres with you of the grace of life, that youre prayers be not let.

²² Let the wemen submytte them selues vnto their hussbandes, as vnto the LORDE.

²⁸ So oughte men also to loue their wyues, euen as their awne bodyes. He that loueth his wife, loueth himselfe.

¹⁹ Ye hussbandes, loue youre wyues, and be not bytter vnto them.

²⁵ Ye hussbandes loue youre wyues, euen as Christ loued the congregacion, and gaue himselfe for it,

¹¹ Let the woman lerne in sylece with all subieccion. ¹² I suffre not a woma to teach ner to haue auctorite ouer the man, but for to be in sylence. ¹³ For Adam was first formed, and the Eue: ¹⁴ Adam also was not disceaued, but the woman was disceaued, and hath brought in the trasgression. ¹⁵ Notwitstondynge thorow bearynge of children she shalbe saued, yf she contynue in faith and in loue & in the sanctifyenge with discrecion.

¹ Likewyse let the wyues be in subieccion to their hussbandes, that euen they which beleue not the worde, maye without the worde be wonne by ye couersacion of the wyues, ² whan they beholde yor pure conuersacion in feare. ³ Whose apparell shal not be outwarde wt broyded heer, & hanginge on of golde, or in puttynge on of gorgious araye, ⁴ but let ye inwarde ma of ye hert be vncorrupte wt a meke & a quyete sprete, which before God is moch set by. ⁵ For after this maner in the olde tyme, dyd ye holy weme which trusted in God, tyer the selues, & were obedient vnto their hussbades:

¹⁹ It is better to dwell in a wyldernesse, the with a chydinge and an angrie woman.

¹⁰ Who so fyndeth an honest faithful woma, she is moch more worth the perles.

²² Let the wemen submytte them selues vnto their hussbandes, as vnto the LORDE. ²³ For the hussbande is the wyues heade, eue as Christ also is the heade of the congregacion, and he is the Sauioure of his body. ²⁴ Therfore as the congregacion is in subieccion to Christ, likewyse let the wyues be in subieccion to their hussbandes in all thinges. ²⁵ Ye hussbandes loue youre wyues, euen as Christ loued the congregacion, and gaue himselfe for it, ²⁶ to sanctifye it, and clensed it in the fountayne of water by the worde, ²⁷ to make it vnto himselfe a glorious congregacion, hauynge no spot ner wrynkle, ner eny soch thinge, but that it shulde be holy and without blame. ²⁸ So oughte men also to loue their wyues, euen as their awne bodyes. He that loueth his wife, loueth himselfe. ²⁹ For no ma euer yet hated his awne flesshe, but norisheth and cherissheth it, euen as the LORDE doth also the congregacion. ³⁰ For we are membres of his body, of his flesh and of his bones. ³¹ For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother, and cleue vnto his wife, and they two shal be one flesh: ³² This is a greate secrete: but I speake of Christ and the congregacion. ³³ Neuertheles do ye so, that euery one of you loue his wife euen as himselfe: but let the wife feare hir hussbande.