Bible Verses about “disrespectful wife”
The Bible contains 30 verses about disrespectful wife across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Whose adorning let it not be that outward [adorning] of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;”
“Defraud ye not one the other, except [it be] with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.”
“But [let it be] the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, [even the ornament] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.”
“Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife [see] that she reverence [her] husband.”
“Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with [them] according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.”
“Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.”
“The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.”
“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.”
“For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.”
“Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so [let] the wives [be] to their own husbands in every thing.”
“[To be] discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.”
“¶ Likewise, ye wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;”
“¶ Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price [is] far above rubies.”
“Husbands, love [your] wives, and be not bitter against them.”
“That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,”
“The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.”
“The aged women likewise, that [they be] in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;”
“She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.”
“Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.”
“Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.”
“For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.”
“¶ [It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.”
“And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.”
“Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!”
“¶ [It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.”
“¶ A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.”
“¶ Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.”
“¶ [As] a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, [so is] a fair woman which is without discretion.”
“Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.”
“¶ A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth nothing.”