Colossians 3:19

Modern English Version

Husbands, love your wives, and do not be bitter toward them.

Cross References

Genesis 24:67

So Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah; and he took Rebekah and she became his wife and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that He has given you under the sun, because that is your reward in life and for your toil, which you perform under the sun.

Luke 14:26

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

Romans 3:14

“their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outbursts, and blasphemies, with all malice, be taken away from you.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for it,

Ephesians 5:33

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

Colossians 3:21

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

James 3:14

But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, do not boast and do not lie against the truth.

1 Peter 3:7

Likewise, you husbands, live considerately with your wives, giving honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they too are also heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.