Dear friend, It’s essential to comprehend the divine stance on how one should treat their spouse, especially the wife. The Bible, in its profound wisdom, emphasizes love, understanding, patience, and respect in relationships. When one takes the solemn vow of marriage, it becomes an eternal commitment not only to the partner but also to God.
Brother and sister, recall the example set by Christ, who treated everyone with love, understanding, and patience. In similar light, husbands are encouraged to cherish and respect their wives, not to mistreat them or cause them harm. Mistreating one’s wife is not only a betrayal of the sacred vows of marriage but also a disregard for the Almighty’s teachings.
Furthermore, a wife in the Bible is often portrayed as a companion, a partner, and a confidant. It is not just a moral but also a spiritual obligation for a husband to ensure her well-being, love, and respect. The sanctity of this bond is one that should remain untainted by any form of mistreatment.
Dear friends, the Bible consistently advises us to be gentle, patient, and loving. Therefore, it is upon each husband to reflect these virtues in their actions towards their wives, to uphold not only the sanctity of marriage but also the very teachings that the Good Book stands for.
Dear friends, now let’s see the Bible scriptures below that talk about “Mistreating Your Wife”.
Ephesians 5:25
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it”
Colossians 3:19
“Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them”
1 Peter 3:7
“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”
Genesis 2:24
“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh”
Proverbs 18:22
“Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord”
Malachi 2:14-16
“Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. For the Lord , the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously”
1 Corinthians 7:3
“Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband”
Proverbs 19:14
“House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord”
Proverbs 12:4
“A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones”
Ecclesiastes 9:9
“Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun”
Proverbs 21:9
“It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house”
Proverbs 21:19
“It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman”
1 Corinthians 11:11-12
“Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God”
Genesis 3:16
“Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee”
1 Timothy 5:8
“But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel”
Ephesians 5:28-29
“So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church”
Proverbs 5:18-19
“Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love”
1 Corinthians 7:14
“For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy”
1 Timothy 3:4-5
“One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)”
Proverbs 31:28-31
“Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord , she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates”
Song of Solomon 4:9
“Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck”
Song of Solomon 4:10
“How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices”
1 Corinthians 7:15
“But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace”
Matthew 19:5
“And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?”
Mark 10:8
“And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh”
Ephesians 5:33
“Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband”
1 Corinthians 7:2
“Nevertheless, to avoid lewdness, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband”
Conclusion:
Dear brothers and sisters in faith, the essence of the teachings of the Bible is love, compassion, and understanding. The sacred bond of marriage is a testament to the eternal commitment two people make, not just to each other, but also in the eyes of God. Mistreating one’s wife is not just an affront to this commitment but also a transgression against the divine teachings that hold relationships in high regard. Let us remember the teachings and examples set forth in the Bible, treating our partners with the love and respect they deserve, and in turn, honor the love of our Almighty.
