What Does the Bible Say About Godly Husband Qualities?

Ephesians 5:25-28 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

Ephesians 5:33 ESV / 5 helpful votes

However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

1 Peter 3:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.

Titus 1:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

If anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination.

1 Timothy 3:2-5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church?

Colossians 3:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.

Ephesians 5:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

1 Corinthians 11:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.

Proverbs 31:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Her husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land.

Proverbs 20:6-7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find? The righteous who walks in his integrity— blessed are his children after him!

12 Bible Verses about Godly Husband Qualities

Ephesians 5:25-28 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:33 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Titus 1:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:2-5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Colossians 3:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 11:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 20:6-7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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12 Bible Verses about Godly Husband Qualities

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Ephesians 5:25-28 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:33 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Titus 1:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:2-5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Colossians 3:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 11:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 20:6-7 ESV / 4 helpful votes