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1 Peter 3 7
In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat your wife with understanding as you live together. She may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in God’s gift of new life. Treat her as you should so your prayers will not be hindered.
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Colossians 3:19
Husbands, love your wives and never treat them harshly.
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1 Corinthians 7 3
The husband should fulfill his wife’s sexual needs, and the wife should fulfill her husband’s needs.
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Nehemiah 5:1-5
About this time some of the men and their wives raised a cry of protest against their fellow Jews.They were saying,“ We have such large families. We need more food to survive.”Others said,“ We have mortgaged our fields, vineyards, and homes to get food during the famine.”And others said,“ We have had to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay our taxes.We belong to the same family as those who are wealthy, and our children are just like theirs. Yet we must sell our children into slavery just to get enough money to live. We have already sold some of our daughters, and we are helpless to do anything about it, for our fields and vineyards are already mortgaged to others.”
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Luke 12:22
Then, turning to his disciples, Jesus said,“ That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life— whether you have enough food to eat or enough clothes to wear.
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1 Samuel 1 4-1 Samuel 1 8
On the days Elkanah presented his sacrifice, he would give portions of the meat to Peninnah and each of her children.And though he loved Hannah, he would give her only one choice portion because the Lord had given her no children.So Peninnah would taunt Hannah and make fun of her because the Lord had kept her from having children.Year after year it was the same— Peninnah would taunt Hannah as they went to the Tabernacle. Each time, Hannah would be reduced to tears and would not even eat.“ Why are you crying, Hannah?” Elkanah would ask.“ Why aren’t you eating? Why be downhearted just because you have no children? You have me— isn’t that better than having ten sons?”
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1 Thessalonians 4 11-1 Thessalonians 4 12
Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before.Then people who are not believers will respect the way you live, and you will not need to depend on others.
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Ephesians 5:25-33
For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for herto make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word.He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault.In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. For a man who loves his wife actually shows love for himself.No one hates his own body but feeds and cares for it, just as Christ cares for the church.And we are members of his body.As the Scriptures say,“ A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.”This is a great mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are one.So again I say, each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
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1 Timothy 5 8
But those who won’t care for their relatives, especially those in their own household, have denied the true faith. Such people are worse than unbelievers.
