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Husbands

Should have but one wife—Ge 2:24; Mr 10:6-8; 1Co 7:2-4

Have authority over their wives—Ge 3:16; 1Co 11:3; Eph 5:23

DUTY OF, TO WIVES

• To respect them
• —1Pe 3:7
• To love them
• —Eph 5:25-33; Col 3:19
• To regard them as themselves
• —Ge 2:23; Mt 19:5
• To be faithful to them
• —Pr 5:19; Mal 2:14,15
• To dwell with them for life
• —Ge 2:24; Mt 19:3-9
• To comfort them
• —1Sa 1:8
• To consult with them
• —Ge 31:4-7
• Not to leave them, though unbelieving
• —1Co 7:11,12,14,16

Duties of, not to interfere with their duties to Christ—Lu 14:26; Mt 19:29

Good-Exemplified

• Isaac
• —Ge 24:67
• Elkanah
• —1Sa 1:4,5

Bad-Exemplified

• Solomon
• —1Ki 11:1
• Ahasuerus
• —Es 1:10,11