Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5650 Human relationships » 5702 husband The male partner in a marriage relationship. The origin of this God-ordained institution is traced back in the Bible to the Garden of Eden. Scripture stresses that marriage is a God-ordained institution, within which the husband is pledged to love and care for his wife. Scripture contains many examples, both good and bad, of how husbands behaved. The ultimate examples of a good husband in Scripture are God as the husband of Israel and Jesus Christ as the bridegroom of the church. God's pattern for marriage Husband and wife are one flesh Genesis 1:27 See also Genesis 2:23-24; Malachi 2:15; Matthew 19:4-6 pp Mark 10:6-9 The husband is head of the wife Ephesians 5:23 See also 1 Corinthians 11:3 Duties of a husband To leave his parents and be united to his wife Matthew 19:5 pp Mark 10:7-8 See also Genesis 2:24 To love his wife Ephesians 5:25 See also Deuteronomy 24:5; Proverbs 5:18; Ecclesiastes 9:9; Ephesians 5:28-33; Colossians 3:19; 1 Peter 3:7 To fulfil his marital duty 1 Corinthians 7:3-5 See also Exodus 21:10-11 To be faithful to his wife Exodus 20:14 pp Deuteronomy 5:18 See also Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22; Malachi 2:14; Matthew 5:27-28; 1 Corinthians 7:14-16 Adam, the first husband Behaviour which is commended in husbands 1 Samuel 1:3-8 See also Genesis 24:67; Genesis 29:20; Ruth 3:7-4:11; Esther 5:1-3; Hosea 3:1-3; Matthew 1:18-25 Behaviour which is condemned in husbands 2 Samuel 12:7-10 See also Genesis 29:30-31; Genesis 38:8-10; Judges 19:16-29; Malachi 2:13-16 God as a husband Isaiah 54:5 See also Jeremiah 3:14; Jeremiah 31:32; Ezekiel 16:8 Jesus Christ as a bridegroom Ephesians 5:25-27 See also Matthew 9:14-15 pp Mark 2:18-20 pp Luke 5:33-35; 2 Corinthians 11:2; Revelation 21:2 See also
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