HUSBANDS

Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Should have but one wife

Genesis 2:24 Mark 10:6-8 1 Corinthians 7:2-4

Have authority over their wives

Genesis 3:16 1 Corinthians 11:3 Ephesians 5:23

Duties of, not to interfere with their duties to Christ

DUTY OF, TO WIVES

To respect them

1 Peter 3:7

To love them

Ephesians 5:25-33 Colossians 3:19

To regard them as themselves

Genesis 2:23 Matthew 19:5

To be faithful to them

Proverbs 5:19 Malachi 2:14 Malachi 2:15

To dwell with them for life

Genesis 2:24 Matthew 19:3-9

To comfort them

1 Samuel 1:8

To consult with them

Genesis 31:4-7

Not to leave them, though unbelieving

Good-Exemplified

Isaac

Genesis 24:67

Elkanah

1 Samuel 1:4 1 Samuel 1:5

Bad-Exemplified

Solomon

1 Kings 11:1

Ahasuerus

Esther 1:10 Esther 1:11