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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
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