1 Peter 3:7

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1 Peter 3:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible

5 For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were submissive to their husbands,

6 just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.

7 Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

8 Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.

9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Genesis 2:23

And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”

Genesis 2:24

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

Proverbs 5:15

Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.

Proverbs 5:16

Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?

Proverbs 5:17

Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.

Proverbs 5:18

May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:

Proverbs 5:19

A loving doe, a graceful fawn— may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.

Malachi 2:14

Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

Malachi 2:15

Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.

Malachi 2:16

“For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.

Matthew 19:3

Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

Matthew 19:4

Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’

Matthew 19:5

and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?

Matthew 19:6

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”

Matthew 19:7

“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses order a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”

Matthew 19:8

Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart; but it was not this way from the beginning.

Matthew 19:9

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

1 Corinthians 7:3

The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.

Colossians 3:19

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

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

Ephesians 5:26

to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

Ephesians 5:27

and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

Ephesians 5:28

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

Ephesians 5:33

Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

1 Corinthians 12:22

On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,

1 Corinthians 12:23

and the parts we consider less honorable, we treat with greater honor. And our unpresentable parts are treated with special modesty,

1 Corinthians 12:24

whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God has composed the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it,

1 Thessalonians 4:4

each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,

Ephesians 3:6

This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

Titus 3:7

so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.

Hebrews 1:14

Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

Job 42:8

So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”

Matthew 5:23

So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

Matthew 5:24

leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.

Matthew 18:19

Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven.

Romans 8:26

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.

Romans 8:27

And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

Ephesians 4:30

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Ephesians 6:18

Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.