Topic
Husbands
29 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 2:23Torrey DUTY OF, TO WIVES — To regard them as themselves
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
- Genesis 2:24Torrey Should have but one wife
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
- Genesis 3:16Torrey Have authority over their wives
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.
- Genesis 24:67Torrey Good-Exemplified — Isaac
And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
- Genesis 31:4–7Torrey DUTY OF, TO WIVES — To consult with them
And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, And said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me. And ye know that with all my power I have served…
- 1 Samuel 1:4Torrey Good-Exemplified — Elkanah
¶ And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
- 1 Samuel 1:5Torrey Good-Exemplified — Elkanah
But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.
- 1 Samuel 1:8Torrey DUTY OF, TO WIVES — To comfort them
Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
- 1 Kings 11:1Torrey Bad-Exemplified — Solomon
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
- Esther 1:10Torrey Bad-Exemplified — Ahasuerus
¶ On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
- Esther 1:11Torrey Bad-Exemplified — Ahasuerus
To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
- Proverbs 5:19Torrey DUTY OF, TO WIVES — To be faithful to them
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.
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- Malachi 2:14 Torrey DUTY OF, TO WIVES — To be faithful to them
- Malachi 2:15 Torrey DUTY OF, TO WIVES — To be faithful to them
- Matthew 19:3–9 Torrey DUTY OF, TO WIVES — To dwell with them for life
- Matthew 19:5 Torrey DUTY OF, TO WIVES — To regard them as themselves
- Matthew 19:29 Torrey Duties of, not to interfere with their duties to Christ
- Mark 10:6–8 Torrey Should have but one wife
- Luke 14:26 Torrey Duties of, not to interfere with their duties to Christ
- 1 Corinthians 7:2–4 Torrey Should have but one wife
- 1 Corinthians 7:11 Torrey DUTY OF, TO WIVES — Not to leave them, though unbelieving
- 1 Corinthians 7:12 Torrey DUTY OF, TO WIVES — Not to leave them, though unbelieving
- 1 Corinthians 7:14 Torrey DUTY OF, TO WIVES — Not to leave them, though unbelieving
- 1 Corinthians 7:16 Torrey DUTY OF, TO WIVES — Not to leave them, though unbelieving
- 1 Corinthians 11:3 Torrey Have authority over their wives
- Ephesians 5:23 Torrey Have authority over their wives
- Ephesians 5:25–33 Torrey DUTY OF, TO WIVES — To love them
- Colossians 3:19 Torrey DUTY OF, TO WIVES — To love them
- 1 Peter 3:7 Torrey DUTY OF, TO WIVES — To respect them
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 30 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.