Colossians 3:19

New English Translation

Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.

Cross References

Genesis 24:67

Then Isaac brought Rebekah into his mother Sarah’s tent. He took her as his wife and loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Enjoy life with your beloved wife during all the days of your fleeting life that God has given you on earth during all your fleeting days; for that is your reward in life and in your burdensome work on earth.

Luke 14:26

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

Romans 3:14

“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

Ephesians 4:31

You must put away every kind of bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and evil, slanderous talk.

Ephesians 5:25

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

Ephesians 5:33

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

Colossians 3:21

Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become disheartened.

James 3:14

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.

1 Peter 3:7

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.