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