'Wife' in the Bible

and Jesse fathered King David.Then David fathered Solomon by Uriah’s wife,

But after he had considered these things, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is by the Holy Spirit.

“It was also said, Whoever divorces his wife must give her a written notice of divorce.

But I tell you, everyone who divorces his wife, except in a case of sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery. And whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

For Herod had arrested John, chained him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

Since he had no way to pay it back, his master commanded that he, his wife, his children, and everything he had be sold to pay the debt.

Some Pharisees approached Him to test Him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife on any grounds?”

and He also said:“For this reason a man will leavehis father and motherand be joined to his wife,and the two will become one flesh?

And I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”

His disciples said to Him, “If the relationship of a man with his wife is like this, it’s better not to marry!”

“Teacher, Moses said, if a man dies, having no children, his brother is to marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first got married and died. Having no offspring, he left his wife to his brother.

In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had married her.”

While he was sitting on the judge’s bench, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for today I’ve suffered terribly in a dream because of Him!”

For Herod himself had given orders to arrest John and to chain him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, whom he had married.

John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!”

Some Pharisees approached Him to test Him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

For this reason a man will leavehis father and mother[and be joined to his wife],

And He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.

“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaves his wife behind, and leaves no child, his brother should take the wife and produce offspring for his brother.

There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying, left no offspring.

In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be, since the seven had married her?”

In the days of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest of Abijah’s division named Zechariah. His wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

But the angel said to him:Do not be afraid, Zechariah,because your prayer has been heard.Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son,and you will name him John.

“How can I know this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “For I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”

After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived and kept herself in seclusion for five months. She said,

But Herod the tetrarch, being rebuked by him about Herodias, his brother’s wife, and about all the evil things Herod had done,

Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward; Susanna; and many others who were supporting them from their possessions.

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, and even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and everyone who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

Remember Lot’s wife!

So He said to them, “I assure you: There is no one who has left a house, wife or brothers, parents or children because of the kingdom of God,

“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother has a wife, and dies childless, his brother should take the wife and produce offspring for his brother.

Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife and died without children.

In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For all seven had married her.”

Standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property.

There was an interval of about three hours; then his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.

where he found a Jewish man named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul came to them,

After some days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and listened to him on the subject of faith in Christ Jesus.

It is widely reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and the kind of sexual immorality that is not even tolerated among the Gentiles—a man is living with his father’s wife.

But because sexual immorality is so common, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.

A husband should fulfill his marital responsibility to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband.

A wife does not have the right over her own body, but her husband does. In the same way, a husband does not have the right over his own body, but his wife does.

I command the married—not I, but the Lord—a wife is not to leave her husband.

But if she does leave, she must remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband—and a husband is not to leave his wife.

But I (not the Lord) say to the rest: If any brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not leave her.

For the unbelieving husband is set apart for God by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is set apart for God by the husband. Otherwise your children would be corrupt, but now they are set apart for God.

For you, wife, how do you know whether you will save your husband? Or you, husband, how do you know whether you will save your wife?

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

But a married man is concerned about the things of the world—how he may please his wife—

A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to anyone she wants—only in the Lord.

Don’t we have the right to be accompanied by a Christian wife like the other apostles, the Lord’s brothers, and Cephas?

for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of the body.

In the same way, husbands are to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

For this reason a man will leavehis father and motherand be joined to his wife,and the two will become one flesh.

To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband.

An overseer, therefore, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,

Deacons must be husbands of one wife, managing their children and their own households competently.

No widow should be placed on the official support list unless she is at least 60 years old, has been the wife of one husband,

one who is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of wildness or rebellion.

Let us be glad, rejoice, and give Him glory,because the marriage of the Lamb has come,and His wife has prepared herself.

Then one of the seven angels, who had held the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues, came and spoke with me: “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”