Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Wife’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Wife’ occurs 349 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 2:24 For this reason, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife; and the two shall be as one flesh.Genesis 2:24
Genesis 2:25 Now they were both naked: Adam, of course, and his wife. And they were not ashamed.Genesis 2:25
Genesis 3:8 And when they had heard the voice of the Lord God taking a walk in Paradise in the afternoon breeze, Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God in the midst of the trees of Paradise.Genesis 3:8
Genesis 3:17 Yet truly, to Adam, he said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, from which I instructed you that you should not eat, cursed is the land that you work. In hardship shall you eat from it, all the days of your life.Genesis 3:17
Genesis 3:20 And Adam called the name of his wife, ‘Eve,’ because she was the mother of all the living.Genesis 3:20
Genesis 3:21 The Lord God also made for Adam and his wife garments from skins, and he clothed them.Genesis 3:21
Genesis 4:1 Truly, Adam knew his wife Eve, who conceived and gave birth to Cain, saying, “I have obtained a man through God.”Genesis 4:1
Genesis 4:17 Then Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. And he built a city, and he called its name by the name of his son, Enoch.Genesis 4:17
Genesis 4:25 Adam also knew his wife again, and she gave birth to a son, and she called his name Seth, saying, “God has given me another offspring, in place of Abel, whom Cain killed.”Genesis 4:25
Genesis 6:18 And I shall establish my covenant with you, and you shall enter the ark, you and your sons, your wife and the wives of your sons with you.Genesis 6:18
Genesis 7:7 And Noah entered into the ark, and his sons, his wife, and the wives of his sons with him, because of the waters of the great flood.Genesis 7:7
Genesis 7:13 On the very same day, Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark.Genesis 7:13
Genesis 8:16 “Go out of the ark, you and your wife, your sons and the wives of your sons with you.Genesis 8:16
Genesis 8:18 And so Noah and his sons went out, and his wife and the wives of his sons with him.Genesis 8:18
Genesis 11:29 Then Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai. And the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.Genesis 11:29
Genesis 11:31 And so Terah took his son Abram, and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and he led them away from Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan. And they approached as far as Haran, and they dwelt there.Genesis 11:31
Genesis 12:5 And he took his wife Sarai, and Lot, the son of his brother, and all the substance which they had come to possess, and the lives which they had acquired in Haran, and they departed in order to go to the land of Canaan. And when they arrived in it,Genesis 12:5
Genesis 12:11 And when he was close to entering Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai: “I know you to be a beautiful woman.Genesis 12:11
Genesis 12:12 And when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘She is his wife.’ And they will put me to death, and retain you.Genesis 12:12
Genesis 12:17 But the Lord scourged Pharaoh and his house with great wounds because of Sarai, the wife of Abram.Genesis 12:17
Genesis 12:20 And Pharaoh instructed his men about Abram. And they led him away with his wife and all that he had.Genesis 12:20
Genesis 13:1 Therefore, Abram ascended from Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, toward the southern region.Genesis 13:1
Genesis 16:1 Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had not conceived children. But, having an Egyptian handmaid named Hagar,Genesis 16:1
Genesis 16:3 she took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, ten years after they began to live in the land of Canaan, and she gave her to her husband as a wife.Genesis 16:3
Genesis 17:15 God said also to Abraham: “Your wife Sarai, you shall not call Sarai, but Sarah.Genesis 17:15
Genesis 17:19 And God said to Abraham: “Your wife Sarah shall give birth to a son, and you shall call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant, and with his offspring after him.Genesis 17:19
Genesis 18:10 And he said to him, “When returning, I will come to you at this time, with life as a companion, and your wife Sarah will have a son.” Hearing this, Sarah laughed behind the door of the tent.Genesis 18:10
Genesis 19:15 And when it was morning, the Angels compelled him, saying, “Arise, take your wife, and the two daughters that you have, lest you also should perish amid the wickedness of the city.”Genesis 19:15
Genesis 19:16 And, since he ignored them, they took his hand, and the hand of his wife, as well as that of his two daughters, because the Lord was sparing him.Genesis 19:16
Genesis 19:26 And his wife, looking behind herself, was turned into a statue of salt.Genesis 19:26
Genesis 20:2 And he said about his wife Sarah: “She is my sister.” Therefore, Abimelech, the king of Gerar, sent for her and took her.Genesis 20:2
Genesis 20:7 Now therefore, return his wife to the man, for he is a prophet. And he will pray for you, and you will live. But if you are not willing to return her, know this: you shall die a death, you and all that is yours.”Genesis 20:7
Genesis 20:11 Abraham responded: “I thought to myself, saying: Perhaps there is no fear of God in this place. And they will put me to death because of my wife.Genesis 20:11
Genesis 20:12 Yet, in another way, she is also truly my sister, the daughter of my father, and not the daughter of my mother, and I took her as a wife.Genesis 20:12
Genesis 20:14 Therefore, Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men servants and women servants, and he gave them to Abraham. And he returned his wife Sarah to him.Genesis 20:14
Genesis 20:17 Then when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they gave birth.Genesis 20:17
Genesis 20:18 For the Lord had closed every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, the wife of Abraham.Genesis 20:18
Genesis 21:21 And he lived in the desert of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.Genesis 21:21
Genesis 23:19 So then, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the double cave of the field that overlooked Mamre. This is Hebron in the land of Canaan.Genesis 23:19
Genesis 24:3 so that I may make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.Genesis 24:3
Genesis 24:4 But that you will proceed to my land and kindred, and from there take a wife for my son Isaac.”Genesis 24:4
Genesis 24:7 The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my nativity, who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land,’ himself will send his Angel before you, and you will take from there a wife for my son.Genesis 24:7
Genesis 24:15 But he had not yet completed these words within himself, when, behold, Rebekah went out, the daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, the brother of Abraham, having a pitcher on her shoulder.Genesis 24:15
Genesis 24:36 And Sarah, the wife of my lord, has given birth to a son for my lord in her old age, and he has given him all that he had.Genesis 24:36
Genesis 24:37 And my lord made me swear, saying: ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell.Genesis 24:37
Genesis 24:38 But you shall travel to my father’s house, and you shall take a wife of my own kindred for my son.’Genesis 24:38
Genesis 24:40 ‘The Lord,’ he said, ‘in whose sight I walk, will send his Angel with you, and he will direct your way. And you shall take a wife for my son from my own kindred and from my father’s house.Genesis 24:40
Genesis 24:51 Lo, Rebekah is in your sight. Take her and continue on, and let her be the wife of the son of your lord, just as the Lord has spoken.”Genesis 24:51
Genesis 24:67 And he led her into the tent of Sarah his mother, and he accepted her as wife. And he loved her so very much, that it tempered the sorrow which befell him at his mother’s death.Genesis 24:67
Genesis 25:1 In truth, Abraham took another wife, named Keturah.Genesis 25:1
Genesis 25:10 which he had bought from the sons of Heth. There he was buried, with his wife Sarah.Genesis 25:10
Genesis 25:20 who, when he was forty years old, took Rebekah, the sister of Laban, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian from Mesopotamia, as a wife.Genesis 25:20
Genesis 25:21 And Isaac beseeched the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And he heard him, and he gave conception to Rebekah.Genesis 25:21
Genesis 26:7 And when he was questioned by the men of that place about his wife, he answered, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to confess her to be his mate, thinking that perhaps they would put him to death because of her beauty.Genesis 26:7
Genesis 26:8 And when very many days had passed, and he had remained in the same place, Abimelech, king of the Palestinians, gazing through a window, saw him being playful with Rebekah, his wife.Genesis 26:8
Genesis 26:9 And summoning him, he said: “It is clear that she is your wife. Why did you falsely claim her to be your sister?” He answered, “I was afraid, lest I might die because of her.”Genesis 26:9
Genesis 26:10 And Abimelech said: “Why have you burdened us? Someone from the people could have lain with your wife, and you would have brought a great sin upon us.” And he instructed all the people, saying,Genesis 26:10
Genesis 26:11 “Whoever will touch the wife of this man will die a death.”Genesis 26:11
Genesis 27:46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob accepts a wife from the stock of this land, I would not be willing to live.”Genesis 27:46
Genesis 28:2 But go, and journey to Mesopotamia of Syria, to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and there accept for yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your maternal uncle.Genesis 28:2
Genesis 28:6 But Esau, seeing that his father had blessed Jacob and had sent him into Mesopotamia of Syria, to take a wife from there, and that, after the blessing, he had instructed him, saying: ‘You shall not accept a wife from the daughters of Canaan,’Genesis 28:6
Genesis 28:9 he went to Ishmael, and he took as a wife, beside those he had before, Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth.Genesis 28:9
Genesis 29:21 And he said to Laban, “Give my wife to me. For now the time has been fulfilled, so that I may go in to her.”Genesis 29:21
Genesis 29:28 He agreed to his pleading. And after the week had passed, he took Rachel as a wife.Genesis 29:28
Genesis 34:8 And so Hamor spoke to them: “The soul of my son Shechem has become attached to your daughter. Give her to him as a wife.Genesis 34:8
Genesis 34:12 Increase the dowry, and request gifts, and I will freely bestow what you will ask. Only give me this girl as a wife.”Genesis 34:12
Genesis 36:10 and these are the names of his sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah, the wife of Esau, likewise Reuel, the son of Basemath, his wife.Genesis 36:10
Genesis 36:12 Now Timna was the concubine of Eliphaz, the son of Esau. And she bore him Amalek. These are the sons of Adah, the wife of Esau.Genesis 36:12
Genesis 36:13 And the sons of Reuel were Nahath and Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These are the sons of Basemath, the wife of Esau.Genesis 36:13
Genesis 36:14 Likewise, these were the sons of Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, the wife of Esau, whom she bore to him: Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.Genesis 36:14
Genesis 36:17 Likewise, these are the sons of Reuel, the son of Esau: leader Nahath, leader Zerah, leader Shammah, leader Mizzah. And these were the leaders of Reuel, in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Basemath, the wife of Esau.Genesis 36:17
Genesis 36:18 Now these are the sons of Oholibamah, the wife of Esau: leader Jeush, leader Jalam, leader Korah. These were the leaders of Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and the wife of Esau.Genesis 36:18
Genesis 36:39 Likewise, this one being dead, Hadar reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Pau. And his wife was called Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezahab.Genesis 36:39
Genesis 38:2 And he saw there the daughter of a man called Shua, of Canaan. And taking her as a wife, he entered to her.Genesis 38:2
Genesis 38:6 Then Judah gave a wife to his first born Er, whose name was Tamar.Genesis 38:6
Genesis 38:8 Therefore, Judah said to his son Onan: “Enter to the wife of your brother, and associate with her, so that you may raise offspring to your brother.”Genesis 38:8
Genesis 38:9 He, knowing that the sons to be born would not be his, when he entered to the wife of his brother, he spilled his seed on the ground, lest children should be born in his brother’s name.Genesis 38:9
Genesis 38:12 Then, after many days had passed, the daughter of Shua, the wife of Judah, died. And when he accepted consolation after his mourning, he went up to the shearers of his sheep at Timnah, he and Hirah, the herdsman of the Adullamite flock.Genesis 38:12
Genesis 39:9 Neither is there anything which is not in my power, or that he has not delivered to me, except you, for you are his wife. How then can I do this evil act and sin against my God?”Genesis 39:9
Genesis 41:45 And he changed his name and called him, in the Egyptian tongue: ‘Savior of the world.’ And he gave him as a wife, Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis. And so Joseph went out into the land of Egypt.Genesis 41:45
Genesis 44:27 To which he responded: ‘You know that my wife conceived twice by me.Genesis 44:27
Genesis 46:19 The sons of Rachel, the wife of Jacob: Joseph and Benjamin.Genesis 46:19
Genesis 49:31 There they buried him, with his wife Sarah.” And there Isaac was buried with his wife Rebekah. There also Leah lies preserved.Genesis 49:31
Number of the word / term Wife in Genesis: 83
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 2:1 After these things, a man from the house of Levi went out, and he took a wife from his own stock.Exodus 2:1
Exodus 2:21 Therefore, Moses swore that he would live with him. And he accepted his daughter Zipporah as a wife.Exodus 2:21
Exodus 4:20 Therefore, Moses took his wife and his sons, and he placed them upon a donkey, and he returned into Egypt, carrying the staff of God in his hand.Exodus 4:20
Exodus 6:20 Now Amram took as a wife Jochebed, his paternal aunt, who bore for him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were one hundred and thirty-seven.Exodus 6:20
Exodus 6:23 Now Aaron took as a wife Elizabeth, the daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahshon, who bore for him Nadab, and Abihu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar.Exodus 6:23
Exodus 6:25 And truly Eleazar, the son of Aaron, took a wife from the daughters of Putiel. And she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the Levitical families by their kindred.Exodus 6:25
Exodus 18:2 he brought Zipporah, the wife of Moses, whom he was to return to him,Exodus 18:2
Exodus 18:5 And so Jethro, the kinsman of Moses, with his sons and his wife, came to Moses in the desert, where he was encamped next to the mountain of God.Exodus 18:5
Exodus 18:6 And he sent word to Moses, saying: “I, Jethro, your kinsman, have come to you, with your wife, and your two sons with her.”Exodus 18:6
Exodus 20:17 You shall not covet the house of your neighbor; neither shall you desire his wife, nor male servant, nor female servant, nor ox, nor donkey, nor anything that is his.”Exodus 20:17
Exodus 21:3 With whatever clothing he arrived, with the like let him depart. If he has a wife, his wife also shall depart, at the same time.Exodus 21:3
Exodus 21:4 But if his lord gave him a wife, and she has borne sons and daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her lord. Yet still, he himself will go out with his clothing.Exodus 21:4
Exodus 21:5 And if the servant will say, ‘I love my lord, and my wife and children, I will not depart freely,’Exodus 21:5
Exodus 22:16 If a man has led astray a virgin not yet betrothed, and he has slept with her, he shall pay her dowry and have her as a wife.Exodus 22:16
Exodus 34:16 Neither shall you take a wife for your son from their daughters, lest, after they themselves have fornicated, they may cause your sons also to fornicate with their gods.Exodus 34:16
Number of the word / term Wife in Exodus: 15
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Leviticus
Leviticus 18:8 You shall not expose the nakedness of your father’s wife; for it is the nakedness of your father.Leviticus 18:8
Leviticus 18:14 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother, nor shall you approach his wife, who is joined to you by affinity.Leviticus 18:14
Leviticus 18:15 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law, for she is your son’s wife; neither shall you expose her dishonor.Leviticus 18:15
Leviticus 18:16 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; for it is the nakedness of your brother.Leviticus 18:16
Leviticus 18:17 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your wife and her daughter. You shall not take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, so as to uncover her dishonor; for they are her flesh, and such sexual intercourse is incest.Leviticus 18:17
Leviticus 18:18 You shall not take your wife’s sister as a rival mistress; nor shall you uncover her nakedness, while your wife is still living.Leviticus 18:18
Leviticus 18:20 You shall not have sexual intercourse with your neighbor’s wife, nor shall you be defiled by the mingling of seed.Leviticus 18:20
Leviticus 20:10 If anyone will have committed sexual acts with the wife of another, or will have perpetrated adultery with his neighbor’s spouse, they shall die a death, both the adulterer and the adulteress.Leviticus 20:10
Leviticus 20:14 If any man, having taken the daughter as a wife, will have married her mother, he has acted according to wickedness. He shall be burnt alive with them. Neither shall so great a nefarious act persist in your midst.Leviticus 20:14
Leviticus 20:20 If any man has had sexual intercourse with the wife of his paternal or maternal uncle, and he has uncovered the shame of his close relative, both shall bear their sin. They shall die without children.Leviticus 20:20
Leviticus 20:21 Whoever will have married his brother’s wife has done an unlawful thing; he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness. They shall be without children.Leviticus 20:21
Leviticus 21:7 They shall not take as a wife a promiscuous woman, or a prostitute, or her who has been repudiated by her husband. For they are consecrated to their God,Leviticus 21:7
Leviticus 21:13 He shall take a virgin as his wife.Leviticus 21:13
Number of the word / term Wife in Leviticus: 13
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 5:12 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: The man whose wife will have gone astray, and, disdaining her husband,Numbers 5:12
Numbers 5:14 if the spirit of jealousy stirs up the husband against his wife, who either has been polluted or is being assailed with a false suspicion,Numbers 5:14
Numbers 12:1 And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of his wife, an Ethiopian,Numbers 12:1
Numbers 26:59 who had a wife, Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to him in Egypt. She bore, to her husband Amram: sons, Aaron and Moses, as well as their sister, Miriam.Numbers 26:59
Numbers 30:10 If a wife in the house of her husband has bound herself by a vow or an oath,Numbers 30:10
Numbers 30:16 These are the laws which the Lord has appointed to Moses, between a husband and a wife, between a father and a daughter, who is still in the state of childhood or who remains in her father’s house.Numbers 30:16
Number of the word / term Wife in Numbers: 6
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 5:21 You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his house, nor his field, nor his man servant, nor his woman servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything out of all that is his.’Deuteronomy 5:21
Deuteronomy 13:6 If your brother, the son of your mother, or your own son or daughter, or your wife who is in your bosom, or your friend, whom you love like your own soul, were willing to persuade you secretly, saying: ‘Let us go, and serve foreign gods,’ which neither you nor your fathers have known,Deuteronomy 13:6
Deuteronomy 20:7 What man is there, who has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go, and return to his house, lest perhaps he may die in battle, and another man may take her.’Deuteronomy 20:7
Deuteronomy 21:11 you see among the number of the captives a beautiful woman, and you love her, and you are willing to have her as a wife:Deuteronomy 21:11
Deuteronomy 21:13 and remove the garment in which she was captured. And she shall sit in your house and weep for her father and mother, for one month. And after that, you shall enter to her and sleep with her, and she shall be your wife.Deuteronomy 21:13
Deuteronomy 21:15 If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other hated, and they have produced children by him, and if the son of the hated wife is the firstborn,Deuteronomy 21:15
Deuteronomy 21:16 and if he wishes to divide his substance among his sons: he cannot make the son of the beloved wife the firstborn, and so prefer him before the son of the hated wife.Deuteronomy 21:16
Deuteronomy 21:17 Instead, he shall acknowledge the son of the hated wife as the firstborn, and he shall give to him a double portion of all that he has. For he is the first among his children, and the rights of the firstborn are owed to him.Deuteronomy 21:17
Deuteronomy 22:13 If a man takes a wife, and afterwards he has hatred for her,Deuteronomy 22:13
Deuteronomy 22:14 and so he seeks opportunities to dismiss her, imputing a very wicked name to her by saying, ‘I received this woman as a wife, and upon entering to her, I found her not to be a virgin,’Deuteronomy 22:14
Deuteronomy 22:16 And the father shall say: ‘I gave my daughter to this man as a wife. And because he hates her,Deuteronomy 22:16
Deuteronomy 22:19 Moreover, they shall fine him one hundred shekels of silver, which he will give to the father of the girl, because he has committed slander, with a very wicked name, against a virgin of Israel. And he shall have her as a wife, and he cannot dismiss her throughout all the days of his life.Deuteronomy 22:19
Deuteronomy 22:22 If a man sleeps with the wife of another, then they shall both die, that is, the adulterer and the adulteress. And so shall you take away the evil from Israel.Deuteronomy 22:22
Deuteronomy 22:24 then you shall lead them both out to the gate of that city, and they shall be stoned to death: the girl, because she did not cry out though she was in the city; the man, because he has humiliated the wife of his neighbor. And so shall you take away the evil from your midst.Deuteronomy 22:24
Deuteronomy 22:29 then he who slept with her shall give to the father of the girl fifty shekels of silver, and he shall have her as a wife, because he has humiliated her. He cannot dismiss her, throughout all the days of his life.Deuteronomy 22:29
Deuteronomy 22:30 No man shall take his father’s wife, nor remove her covering.”Deuteronomy 22:30
Deuteronomy 24:1 “If a man takes a wife, and he has her, and she does not find favor before his eyes because of some vileness, then he shall write a bill of divorce, and he shall give it to her hand, and he shall dismiss her from his house.Deuteronomy 24:1
Deuteronomy 24:4 then the former husband cannot take her back as a wife. For she has been polluted and has become abominable in the sight of the Lord. Otherwise, you may cause your land, which the Lord your God will deliver to you as a possession, to sin.Deuteronomy 24:4
Deuteronomy 24:5 When a man has recently taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, nor shall any public office be enjoined upon him. Instead, he shall be free at home without guilt, so that for one year he may rejoice with his wife.Deuteronomy 24:5
Deuteronomy 25:5 When brothers are living together, and one of them dies without children, the wife of the deceased shall not marry another. Instead, his brother shall take her, and he shall raise up offspring for his brother.Deuteronomy 25:5
Deuteronomy 25:7 But if he is not willing to take his brother’s wife, who by law must go to him, the woman shall go to the gate of the city, and she shall call upon those greater by birth, and she shall say: ‘The brother of my husband is not willing to raise up his brother’s name in Israel; nor will he join with me.’Deuteronomy 25:7
Deuteronomy 25:8 And immediately, they shall summon him to be sent, and they shall question him. If he responds, ‘I am not willing to accept her as a wife,’Deuteronomy 25:8
Deuteronomy 25:11 If two men have a conflict between themselves, and one begins to do violence to the other, and if the other’s wife, wanting to rescue her husband from the hand of the stronger one, extends her hand and grasps him by his private parts,Deuteronomy 25:11
Deuteronomy 27:20 Cursed be he who lies with his father’s wife, and so exposes the covering of his bed. And all the people shall say: Amen.Deuteronomy 27:20
Deuteronomy 28:30 May you take a wife, though another sleeps with her. May you build a house, but not live within it. May you plant a vineyard, and not gather its vintage.Deuteronomy 28:30
Deuteronomy 28:54 The man who is pampered and very self-indulgent among you will vie with his own brother, and with the wife who lies at his bosom,Deuteronomy 28:54
Number of the word / term Wife in Deuteronomy: 26
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Joshua
Joshua 15:16 And Caleb said, “Whoever will have struck down Kiriath-Sepher, and will have seized it, I will give to him Achsah, my daughter, as wife.”Joshua 15:16
Joshua 15:17 And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, the younger brother of Caleb, seized it. And he gave him Achsah, his daughter, as wife.Joshua 15:17
Number of the word / term Wife in Joshua: 2
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Judges
Judges 1:12 And Caleb said, “Whoever will strike Kiriath-Sepher, and will lay waste to it, I will give to him my daughter Achsah as wife.”Judges 1:12
Judges 4:4 Now there was a prophetess, Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, who judged the people in that time.Judges 4:4
Judges 4:17 But Sisera, while fleeing, arrived at the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber, the Kenite. For there was peace between Jabin, the king of Hazor, and the house of Heber, the Kenite.Judges 4:17
Judges 4:21 And so Jael, the wife of Heber, took a spike from the tent, and also took a mallet. And entering unseen and with silence, she placed the spike over the temple of his head. And striking it with the mallet, she drove it through his brain, as far as the ground. And so, joining deep sleep to death, he fell unconscious and died.Judges 4:21
Judges 5:24 Blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite. And blessed is she in her tabernacle.Judges 5:24
Judges 11:2 Now Gilead had a wife, from whom he received sons. And they, after growing up, cast out Jephthah, saying, “You cannot inherit in the house of our father, because you were born of another mother.”Judges 11:2
Judges 13:2 Now there was a certain man from Zorah, and of the stock of Dan, whose name was Manoah, having a barren wife.Judges 13:2
Judges 13:9 And the Lord heeded the prayer of Manoah, and the Angel of the Lord appeared again to his wife, sitting in a field. But her husband Manoah was not with her. And when she had seen the Angel,Judges 13:9
Judges 13:11 And he rose up and followed his wife. And going to the man, he said to him, “Are you the one who spoke to my wife?” And he responded, “I am.”Judges 13:11
Judges 13:13 And the Angel of the Lord said to Manoah: “Concerning all the things about which I have spoken to your wife, she herself should abstain.Judges 13:13
Judges 13:19 And so, Manoah took a kid from the goats, and libations, and he placed them upon a rock, as an offering to the Lord, who accomplishes wonders. Then he and his wife watched.Judges 13:19
Judges 13:20 And when the flame of the altar ascended to heaven, the Angel of the Lord ascended in the flame. And when Manoah and his wife had seen this, they fell prone on the ground.Judges 13:20
Judges 13:22 And he said to his wife, “We shall certainly die, since we have seen God.”Judges 13:22
Judges 13:23 And his wife answered him, “If the Lord wished to kill us, he would not have accepted the holocaust and the libations from our hands. He would not have revealed all these things to us, nor would he have told us the things that are in the future.”Judges 13:23
Judges 14:2 he went up, and he told his father and his mother, saying: “I saw a woman in Timnah from the daughters of the Philistines. I ask that you take her to me as wife.”Judges 14:2
Judges 14:3 And his father and mother said to him, “Is there not a woman among the daughters of your brothers, or among all my people, so that you would be willing to take a wife from the Philistines, who are uncircumcised?” And Samson said to his father: “Take this woman to me. For she has pleased my eyes.”Judges 14:3
Judges 14:15 And when the seventh day had arrived, they said to the wife of Samson: “Coax your husband, and persuade him to reveal to you what the proposition means. But if you are not willing to do so, we will burn you and your father’s house. Or have you called us to the wedding in order to despoil us?”Judges 14:15
Judges 14:20 Then his wife took as a husband one of his friends and wedding companions.Judges 14:20
Judges 15:1 Then, after some time, when the days of the wheat harvest were near, Samson arrived, intending to visit his wife, and he brought her a kid from the goats. And when he wanted to enter her bedroom, as usual, her father prohibited him, saying:Judges 15:1
Judges 15:2 “I thought that you would hate her, and therefore I gave her to your friend. But she has a sister, who is younger and more beautiful than she is. And she may be a wife for you, instead of her.”Judges 15:2
Judges 15:6 And the Philistines said, “Who has done this thing?” And it was said: “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took away his wife, and gave her to another. He has done these things.” And the Philistines went up and burned the woman as well as her father.Judges 15:6
Judges 19:1 There was a certain man, a Levite, living beside mount Ephraim, who took a wife from Bethlehem of Judah.Judges 19:1
Judges 19:9 And the young man got up, so that he might travel with his wife and servant. And his father-in-law spoke to him again: “Consider that the daylight is declining, and it approaches toward evening. Remain with me also today, and spend the day in gladness. And tomorrow you shall set out, so that you may go to your own house.”Judges 19:9
Judges 19:29 And when he had arrived, he took up a sword, and he cut into pieces the dead body of his wife, with her bones, into twelve parts. And he sent the pieces into all the parts of Israel.Judges 19:29
Judges 20:4 responded: “I went to Gibeah of Benjamin, with my wife, and I diverted to that place.Judges 20:4
Judges 20:5 And behold, the men of that city, at night, surrounded the house in which I was staying, intending to kill me. And they abused my wife with such an incredible fury of lust that in the end she died.Judges 20:5
Judges 21:1 The sons of Israel had also taken an oath at Mizpah, and they said, “None of us shall give his daughters as a wife to the sons of Benjamin.”Judges 21:1
Judges 21:18 As for our own daughters, we are not able to give them, being bound by an oath and a curse, when we said, ‘Accursed is he who will give any of his daughters to Benjamin as a wife.’ ”Judges 21:18
Judges 21:21 And when you will have seen daughters of Shiloh being led out to dance, according to custom, go forth suddenly from the vineyards, and let each one seize one wife from among them, and travel into the land of Benjamin.Judges 21:21
Judges 21:23 And so the sons of Benjamin did just as they had been ordered. And according to their number, they seized for themselves one wife each, out of those who were led out dancing. And they went into their own possession, and they built up their cities, and they lived in them.Judges 21:23
Number of the word / term Wife in Judges: 30
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Ruth
Ruth 1:1 In the days of one of the judges, when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a man from Bethlehem in Judah departed to sojourn in the region of the Moabites with his wife and two children.Ruth 1:1
Ruth 1:2 He called himself Elimelech, and his wife Naomi, and his two sons, the one Mahlon, and the other Chilion, Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. And entering into the region of the Moabites, they stayed there.Ruth 1:2
Ruth 4:5 And Boaz said to him, “When buying the field, you are likewise obliged to accept the hand of the woman Ruth, the Moabite, who was the wife of the deceased, so that you may raise up the name of your near kinsman through his posterity.”Ruth 4:5
Ruth 4:10 And Ruth, the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, I have taken in marriage so as to raise up the name of the deceased in his posterity, so that his name will not be cut off from among his family and his brethren and his people. You, I say, are witnesses of this thing.”Ruth 4:10
Ruth 4:13 And so Boaz took Ruth, and received her as his wife, and he went in to her, and the Lord granted to her to conceive and bear a son.Ruth 4:13
Number of the word / term Wife in Ruth: 5
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 1:4 Then the day arrived, and Elkanah immolated. And he gave portions to his wife Peninnah, and to all her sons and daughters.1 Samuel 1:4
1 Samuel 1:19 And they rose up in the morning, and they worshipped before the Lord. And they returned and arrived at their own house at Ramah. Then Elkanah knew his wife Hannah. And the Lord remembered her.1 Samuel 1:19
1 Samuel 2:20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife. And he said to him, “May the Lord repay to you offspring from this woman, on behalf of the loan that you offered to the Lord.” And they went away to their own place.1 Samuel 2:20
1 Samuel 4:19 Now his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant, and her delivery was near. And upon hearing the news that the ark of God had been captured, and that her father-in-law and her husband had died, she bent down and went into labor. For her pains rushed upon her suddenly.1 Samuel 4:19
1 Samuel 14:50 And the name of the wife of Saul was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the first ruler of his military was Abner, the son of Ner, the first cousin of Saul.1 Samuel 14:50
1 Samuel 18:17 And Saul said to David: “Behold, my elder daughter, Merab. I will give her to you as wife. Only be a valiant man, and fight the wars of the Lord.” Now Saul was considering within himself, saying, “Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hands of the Philistines be upon him.”1 Samuel 18:17
1 Samuel 18:19 Then it happened that, at the time when Merab, the daughter of Saul, was to be given to David, she was given to Adriel, the Meholathite, as wife.1 Samuel 18:19
1 Samuel 18:27 And after a few days, David, rising up, went with the men who were under him, and he struck down two hundred men of the Philistines. And he brought their foreskins, and he counted them out for the king, so that he might be his son-in-law. And so, Saul gave to him his daughter Michal as wife.1 Samuel 18:27
1 Samuel 19:11 Therefore, Saul sent his guards to David’s house, so that they might watch for him, and so that he might be killed in the morning. And after Michal, his wife, had reported this to David, saying, “Unless you save yourself this night, tomorrow you will die,”1 Samuel 19:11
1 Samuel 25:3 Now the name of this man was Nabal. And the name of his wife was Abigail. And she was a very prudent and beautiful woman. But her husband was hard-hearted, and very wicked, and malicious. And he was of the stock of Caleb.1 Samuel 25:3
1 Samuel 25:14 Then it was reported to Abigail, the wife of Nabal, by one of his servants, saying: “Behold, David has sent messengers from the desert, so that they might speak kindly to our lord. But he turned them away.1 Samuel 25:14
1 Samuel 25:37 Then, at first light, when Nabal had digested his wine, his wife revealed to him these words, and his heart died within himself, and he became like a stone.1 Samuel 25:37
1 Samuel 25:39 And when David had heard that Nabal was dead, he said: “Blessed is the Lord, who has judged the case of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and who has preserved his servant from evil. And the Lord has repaid the malice of Nabal upon his own head.” Then David sent and he spoke with Abigail, so that he might take her to himself as wife.1 Samuel 25:39
1 Samuel 25:40 And David’s servants went to Abigail at Carmel, and they spoke to her, saying, “David has sent us to you, so that he might take you to himself as wife.”1 Samuel 25:40
1 Samuel 25:42 And Abigail rose up and hurried, and she climbed upon a donkey, and five girls went with her, her attendants. And she followed the messengers of David, and she became his wife.1 Samuel 25:42
1 Samuel 25:44 Then Saul gave his daughter Michal, the wife of David, to Palti, the son of Laish, who was from Gallim.1 Samuel 25:44
1 Samuel 27:3 And David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men: each man with his household, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam, the Jezreelite, and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel.1 Samuel 27:3
1 Samuel 30:5 For indeed, the two wives of David also had been led away as captives: Ahinoam, the Jezreelite, and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel.1 Samuel 30:5
1 Samuel 30:22 And all the wicked and iniquitous men, out of the men who had gone with David, responding, said: “Since they did not go with us, we will not give to them anything from the prey that we have rescued. But let his wife and children be enough for each of them; when they have accepted this, they may go back.”1 Samuel 30:22
Number of the word / term Wife in 1 Samuel: 19
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 2:2 Therefore, David ascended with his two wives, Ahinoam, the Jezreelite, and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel.2 Samuel 2:2
2 Samuel 3:3 And after him, there was Chileab, from Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel. Then the third was Absalom, the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, the king of Geshur.2 Samuel 3:3
2 Samuel 3:5 Also, the sixth was Ithream, from Eglah, the wife of David. These were born to David at Hebron.2 Samuel 3:5
2 Samuel 3:14 Then David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, saying, “Restore my wife Michal, whom I espoused to myself for one hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”2 Samuel 3:14
2 Samuel 11:3 Therefore, the king sent and inquired who the woman might be. And it was reported to him that she was Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah, the Hittite.2 Samuel 11:3
2 Samuel 11:26 Then the wife of Uriah heard that her husband Uriah had died, and she mourned for him.2 Samuel 11:26
2 Samuel 11:27 But when the lamentation was completed, David sent and brought her into his house, and she became his wife, and she bore a son to him. And this word, which David had done, was displeasing in the sight of the Lord.2 Samuel 11:27
2 Samuel 12:9 Therefore, why have you despised the word of the Lord, so that you did evil in my sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword. And you have taken his wife as a wife for yourself. And you have put him to death with the sword of the sons of Ammon.2 Samuel 12:9
2 Samuel 12:10 For this reason, the sword shall not withdraw from your house, even perpetually, because you have despised me, and you have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite, so that she may be your wife.’2 Samuel 12:10
2 Samuel 12:15 And Nathan returned to his own house. And the Lord struck the little one, whom the wife of Uriah had borne to David, and he was despaired of.2 Samuel 12:15
2 Samuel 12:24 And David consoled his wife Bathsheba. And entering to her, he slept with her. And she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon, and the Lord loved him.2 Samuel 12:24
Number of the word / term Wife in 2 Samuel: 11
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 2:17 And he said: “I beg that you may speak to king Solomon, for he is not able to refuse anything to you, so that he may give Abishag the Shunammite to me as wife.”1 Kings 2:17
1 Kings 2:21 And she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah, your brother, as wife.”1 Kings 2:21
1 Kings 4:11 Benabinadab, to whom was all of Naphath-Dor, who had Taphath, the daughter of Solomon, as wife;1 Kings 4:11
1 Kings 9:16 Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, ascended and seized Gezer, and he burned it with fire. And he put to death the Canaanite who was living in the city, and he gave it as a dowry for his daughter, the wife of Solomon.1 Kings 9:16
1 Kings 11:19 And Hadad found great favor before Pharaoh, so much so that he gave to him as wife, the sister of his own wife, queen Tahpenes.1 Kings 11:19
1 Kings 14:2 And Jeroboam said to his wife: “Rise up, and change clothing, so that you will not be recognized to be the wife of Jeroboam. And go to Shiloh, where the prophet Ahijah is, who said to me that I should reign over this people.1 Kings 14:2
1 Kings 14:4 The wife of Jeroboam did just as he had said. And rising up, she went away to Shiloh. And she arrived at the house of Ahijah. But he was unable to see, because his eyes had dimmed due to old age.1 Kings 14:4
1 Kings 14:5 Then the Lord said to Ahijah: “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam enters, so that she may consult you over her son, who is ill. You shall say one thing and another to her.” Therefore, as she was entering, not presenting herself to be who she was,1 Kings 14:5
1 Kings 14:6 Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, entering through the door. And he said: “Enter, O wife of Jeroboam. Why do you pretend to be someone you are not? But I have been sent to you with harsh news.1 Kings 14:6
1 Kings 14:17 And so, the wife of Jeroboam rose up, and she went away. And she arrived at Tirzah. And as she was entering the threshold of the house, the boy died.1 Kings 14:17
1 Kings 16:31 And it was not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat. In addition, he took as a wife Jezebel, the daughter of Eth-baal, the king of the Sidonians. And he went astray, and he served Baal, and adored him.1 Kings 16:31
1 Kings 21:5 Then Jezebel, his wife, entered to him, and she said to him: “What is this matter, by which your soul has been saddened? And why do you not eat bread?”1 Kings 21:5
1 Kings 21:7 Then Jezebel, his wife, said to him: “You are of great authority, and you rule well in the kingdom of Israel. Rise up and eat bread, and be even-tempered. I will give the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezreelite, to you.”1 Kings 21:7
1 Kings 21:25 And so, there was no other person similar to Ahab, who was sold so that he did evil in the sight of the Lord. For his wife, Jezebel, urged him on.1 Kings 21:25
Number of the word / term Wife in 1 Kings: 14
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book 2 Kings
2 Kings 5:2 Now robbers had gone out from Syria, and they had led away captive, from the land of Israel, a little girl. And she was in the service of the wife of Naaman.2 Kings 5:2
2 Kings 8:18 And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had walked. For the daughter of Ahab was his wife. And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.2 Kings 8:18
2 Kings 14:9 And Jehoash, the king of Israel, sent a reply to Amaziah, the king of Judah, saying: “A thistle of Lebanon sent to a cedar, which is in Lebanon, saying: ‘Give your daughter as wife to my son.’ And the beasts of the forest, which are in Lebanon, passed by and trampled the thistle.2 Kings 14:9
2 Kings 22:14 Therefore, Hilkiah, the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went to Huldah, the prophetess, the wife of Shallum, the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the keeper of the vestments, who was living in Jerusalem, in the second part. And they spoke with her.2 Kings 22:14
Number of the word / term Wife in 2 Kings: 4
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book 1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 1:50 Then he too died, and Hadar reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Pau. And his wife was called Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.1 Chronicles 1:50
1 Chronicles 2:18 Truly, Caleb, the son of Hezron, took a wife named Azubah, of whom he conceived Jerioth. And her sons were Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.1 Chronicles 2:18
1 Chronicles 2:19 And when Azubah had died, Caleb took as wife Ephratha, who bore to him Hur.1 Chronicles 2:19
1 Chronicles 2:24 Then, when Hezron had died, Caleb entered to Ephratha. Also, Hezron had as wife Abia, who bore to him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.1 Chronicles 2:24
1 Chronicles 2:26 Jerahmeel also married another wife, named Atarah, who was the mother of Onam.1 Chronicles 2:26
1 Chronicles 2:29 Truly, the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, who bore to him Ahban and Molid.1 Chronicles 2:29
1 Chronicles 2:35 And so he gave to him his daughter as wife, who bore to him Attai.1 Chronicles 2:35
1 Chronicles 3:3 the fifth Shephatiah, of Abital; the sixth Ithream, from his wife Eglah.1 Chronicles 3:3
1 Chronicles 4:18 And then his wife, Judaia, bore Jered, the father of Gedor, and Heber, the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah. Now there were sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married,1 Chronicles 4:18
1 Chronicles 4:19 and sons of his wife Hodiah, the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and of Eshtemoa, who was from Maacathi.1 Chronicles 4:19
1 Chronicles 7:16 And Maacah, the wife of Machir, bore a son, and she called his name Peresh. And the name of his brother was Sheresh. And his sons were Ulam and Rakem.1 Chronicles 7:16
1 Chronicles 7:23 And he entered to his wife; she conceived and bore a son. And he called his name Beriah, because he rose up during a time of evil for his house.1 Chronicles 7:23
1 Chronicles 8:9 and so, of his wife Hodesh, he conceived Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcam,1 Chronicles 8:9
1 Chronicles 8:29 Now in Gibeon, there lived Jeiel, the father of Gibeon; and the name of his wife was Maacah,1 Chronicles 8:29
1 Chronicles 9:35 Now in Gibeon, there lived Jeiel, the father of Gibeon, and the name of his wife was Maacah.1 Chronicles 9:35
Number of the word / term Wife in 1 Chronicles: 15
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 8:11 Truly, he transferred the daughter of Pharaoh, from the City of David, to the house that he had built for her. For the king said: “My wife shall not live in the house of David, king of Israel, for it has been sanctified. For the ark of the Lord has entered into it.”2 Chronicles 8:11
2 Chronicles 11:18 Then Rehoboam took as wife Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth, son of David, and also Abihail, the daughter of Eliab, son of Jesse.2 Chronicles 11:18
2 Chronicles 21:6 And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For his wife was a daughter of Ahab, and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.2 Chronicles 21:6
2 Chronicles 22:11 But Jehosheba, the daughter of the king, took Joash, the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from the midst the king’s sons when they were being slain. And she hid him with his nurse in a bedroom. Now Jehosheba, the one who had hidden him, was the daughter of king Jehoram, and the wife of the high priest Jehoiada, and the sister of Ahaziah. And because of this, Athaliah did not kill him.2 Chronicles 22:11
2 Chronicles 25:18 But he sent back messengers, saying: “The thistle which is in Lebanon sent to the cedar of Lebanon, saying: ‘Give your daughter to my son as wife.’ And behold, the beasts that were in the forest of Lebanon passed through, and they trampled the thistle.2 Chronicles 25:18
2 Chronicles 34:22 Therefore, Hilkiah, and those who had been sent with him by the king, went to Huldah, the prophetess, the wife of Shallum, the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the vestments. She was living in Jerusalem, in the second part. And they spoke to her the words which we explained above.2 Chronicles 34:22
Number of the word / term Wife in 2 Chronicles: 6
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Ezra
Ezra 2:61 And from the sons of the priests: the sons of Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai, the Gileadite, and who were called by their name.Ezra 2:61
Number of the word / term Wife in Ezra: 1
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Nehemiah
Nehemiah 7:63 and among the priests: the sons of Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai, a Gileadite, and he was called by their name.Nehemiah 7:63
Number of the word / term Wife in Nehemiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Esther
Esther 5:10 But, concealing his anger and returning into his house, he gathered to him his friends and Zeresh, his wife.Esther 5:10
Esther 5:14 And Zeresh his wife and his other friends answered him, “Order a great beam to be prepared, having a height of fifty cubits, and in the morning speak to the king, so that Mordecai may be hanged from it, and so you will go joyfully with the king to the feast.” This advice pleased him, and so he ordered a high cross to be prepared.Esther 5:14
Esther 6:13 And he explained to Zeresh his wife and to his friends all that had happened to him. And the wise men, whom he held in counsel, and his wife, answered him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is from the offspring of the Jews, you will not be able to withstand him, but you will fall in his sight.”Esther 6:13
Esther 10:3 and how Mordecai of Jewish birth, was second after king Artaxerxes, and great among the Jews, and acceptable to the people of his brethren, seeking the good of his people, and speaking about things which pertained to peace for their descendents. And Mordecai said, “By God have these things been done. I remember a dream that I saw, which signified these same things, and nothing of this whatsoever has failed to occur. The little fountain which grew into a river, and had turned into light and into the sun, and overflowed into many waters, is Esther, whom the king received as wife and whom he preferred to be queen. But the two dragons are I and Haman. The peoples who gathered together are those who had attempted to erase the name of the Jews. And my people is Israel, who cried out to the Lord, and the Lord brought salvation to his people, and he freed us from all evils, and he created great signs and portents among the nations. And he commanded there to be two lots, one for the people of God and the other for all the nations. And both lots arrived at the day appointed before God, even from that past time, for all peoples. And the Lord remembered his people and had mercy on his inheritance. And these days shall be observed in the month of Adar, on the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the same month, with all zealousness and joy, by the people gathered together into one union, throughout all the generations hereafter of the people of Israel.” In the fourth year of the reigns of Ptolemy and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who was himself a priest and born of the Levites, and Ptolemy his son, brought this epistle of Purim, which they said was a translation by Lysimachus the son of Ptolemy in Jerusalem.Esther 10:3
Number of the word / term Wife in Esther: 4
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Job
Job 2:9 But his wife said to him, “Do you still continue in your simplicity? Bless God and die.”Job 2:9
Job 19:17 My wife has shuddered at my breath, and I have begged the sons of my loins.Job 19:17
Job 31:10 then let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lean over her.Job 31:10
Number of the word / term Wife in Job: 3
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 109:9 May his sons be orphans, and his wife a widow.Psalm 109:9
Psalm 128:3 Your wife is like an abundant vine on the sides of your house. Your sons are like young olive trees surrounding your table.Psalm 128:3
Number of the word / term Wife in Psalm: 2
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 5:18 Let your spring be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of your youth:Proverbs 5:18
Proverbs 6:29 So also, he who enters to the wife of his neighbor shall not be clean when he touches her.Proverbs 6:29
Proverbs 18:22 He who has found a good wife has found goodness, and he shall draw contentment from the Lord. He who expels a good wife expels goodness. But he who holds on to an adulteress is foolish and impious.Proverbs 18:22
Proverbs 19:13 A foolish son is the grief of his father. And an argumentative wife is like a roof that is continually leaking.Proverbs 19:13
Proverbs 19:14 A house and its riches are given by parents. But a prudent wife is particularly from the Lord.Proverbs 19:14
Number of the word / term Wife in Proverbs: 5
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 9:9 Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your uncertain life which have been given to you under the sun, during all the time of your vanity. For this is your portion in life and in your labor, with which you labor under the sun.Ecclesiastes 9:9
Number of the word / term Wife in Ecclesiastes: 1
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 54:6 For the Lord has called you, like a woman forsaken and mourning in spirit, and like a wife rejected in her youth, said your God.Isaiah 54:6
Number of the word / term Wife in Isaiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 3:1 “It is commonly said: ‘If a man has divorced his wife, and she departs from him, she will marry another man.’ So why would he return to her again? Is not that woman polluted and defiled? But you have fornicated yourself with many lovers. Even so, return to me, says the Lord, and I will accept you.Jeremiah 3:1
Jeremiah 5:8 They have become like wild horses in heat; each one was neighing after his neighbor’s wife.Jeremiah 5:8
Jeremiah 16:2 “You shall not take a wife, and there shall be no sons or daughters for you in this place.Jeremiah 16:2
Number of the word / term Wife in Jeremiah: 3
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 18:6 and if he does not eat upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and if he has not violated the wife of his neighbor, nor approached a menstruating woman,Ezekiel 18:6
Ezekiel 18:11 (even though he himself does not do any of these things,) and who eats upon the mountains, and who defiles the wife of his neighbor,Ezekiel 18:11
Ezekiel 18:15 who does not eat upon the mountains, nor lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and who does not violate the wife of his neighbor,Ezekiel 18:15
Ezekiel 22:11 And each one has committed abomination with the wife of his neighbor. And the father-in-law has heinously defiled his daughter-in-law. The brother has oppressed his sister, the daughter of his father, within you.Ezekiel 22:11
Ezekiel 24:18 Therefore, I spoke to the people in the morning. And my wife died in the evening. And in the morning, I did just as he had instructed me.Ezekiel 24:18
Ezekiel 33:26 You stood by your swords, you committed abominations, and each one has defiled his neighbor’s wife. And will you possess the land as an inheritance?Ezekiel 33:26
Ezekiel 44:22 And they shall not take as wife a widow or one who has been divorced. Instead, they shall take virgins from the offspring of the house of Israel. But they may also take a widow, if she is the widow of a priest.Ezekiel 44:22
Number of the word / term Wife in Ezekiel: 7
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Hosea
Hosea 1:2 The beginning of the Lord’s conversation with Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea: “Go, take to yourself a wife of fornications, and make for yourself sons of fornications, because, by fornicating, the land will fornicate away from the Lord.”Hosea 1:2
Hosea 2:2 Judge your mother, judge: for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove her fornications from before her face and her adulteries from between her breasts.Hosea 2:2
Hosea 12:12 Jacob fled into the region of Syria, and Israel served like a wife, and was served by a wife.Hosea 12:12
Number of the word / term Wife in Hosea: 3
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Amos
Amos 7:17 Because of that, the Lord says this: “Your wife will fornicate in the city, and your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, and your soil will be measured with a string. And you will die on polluted land, and Israel will be taken into captivity out of their land.”Amos 7:17
Number of the word / term Wife in Amos: 1
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Malachi
Malachi 2:14 And you have said, “What is the reason for this?” It is because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, whom you have despised. Yet she was your partner, and the wife of your covenant.Malachi 2:14
Malachi 2:15 Did not One make her, and is she not the remainder of his spirit? And what does one seek, except offspring of God? So then, preserve your spirit, and do not despise the wife of your youth.Malachi 2:15
Number of the word / term Wife in Malachi: 2
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 1:6 And Jesse conceived king David. And king David conceived Solomon, by her who had been the wife of Uriah.Matthew 1:6
Matthew 1:20 But while thinking over these things, behold, an Angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to accept Mary as your wife. For what has been formed in her is of the Holy Spirit.Matthew 1:20
Matthew 1:24 Then Joseph, arising from sleep, did just as the Angel of the Lord had instructed him, and he accepted her as his wife.Matthew 1:24
Matthew 5:31 And it has been said: ‘Whoever would dismiss his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.’Matthew 5:31
Matthew 5:32 But I say to you, that anyone who will have dismissed his wife, except in the case of fornication, causes her to commit adultery; and whoever will have married her who has been dismissed commits adultery.Matthew 5:32
Matthew 14:3 For Herod had apprehended John, and bound him, and put him in prison, because of Herodias, the wife of his brother.Matthew 14:3
Matthew 18:25 But since he did not have any way to repay it, his lord ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children, and all that he had, in order to repay it.Matthew 18:25
Matthew 19:3 And the Pharisees approached him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to separate from his wife, no matter what the cause?”Matthew 19:3
Matthew 19:5 “For this reason, a man shall separate from father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife, and these two shall become one flesh.Matthew 19:5
Matthew 19:9 And I say to you, that whoever will have separated from his wife, except because of fornication, and who will have married another, commits adultery, and whoever will have married her who has been separated, commits adultery.”Matthew 19:9
Matthew 19:10 His disciples said to him, “If such is the case for a man with a wife, then it is not expedient to marry.”Matthew 19:10
Matthew 19:29 And anyone who has left behind home, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for the sake of my name, shall receive one hundred times more, and shall possess eternal life.Matthew 19:29
Matthew 22:24 saying: “Teacher, Moses said: If anyone will have died, having no son, his brother shall marry his wife, and he shall raise up offspring to his brother.Matthew 22:24
Matthew 22:25 Now there were seven brothers with us. And the first, having taken a wife, died. And having no offspring, he left his wife to his brother:Matthew 22:25
Matthew 22:28 In the resurrection, then, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her.”Matthew 22:28
Matthew 27:19 But as he was sitting in the place for the tribunal, his wife sent to him, saying: “It is nothing to you, and he is just. For I have experienced many things today through a vision for his sake.”Matthew 27:19
Number of the word / term Wife in Matthew: 16
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Mark
Mark 6:17 For Herod himself had sent to capture John, and had chained him in prison, because of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip; for he had married her.Mark 6:17
Mark 6:18 For John was saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”Mark 6:18
Mark 10:7 Because of this, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife.Mark 10:7
Mark 10:11 And he said to them: “Whoever dismisses his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.Mark 10:11
Mark 10:12 And if a wife dismisses her husband, and is married to another, she commits adultery.”Mark 10:12
Mark 12:19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if any man’s brother will have died and left behind a wife, and not have left behind sons, his brother should take his wife to himself and should raise up offspring for his brother.Mark 12:19
Mark 12:20 So then, there were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and he died without leaving behind offspring.Mark 12:20
Mark 12:23 Therefore, in the resurrection, when they will rise again, to which of them will she be a wife? For each of the seven had her as wife.”Mark 12:23
Number of the word / term Wife in Mark: 8
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Luke
Luke 1:5 There was, in the days of Herod, king of Judea, a certain priest named Zechariah, of the section of Abijah, and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.Luke 1:5
Luke 1:13 But the Angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear a son to you. And you shall call his name John.Luke 1:13
Luke 1:18 And Zechariah said to the Angel: “How may I know this? For I am elderly, and my wife is advanced in years.”Luke 1:18
Luke 1:24 Then, after those days, his wife Elizabeth conceived, and she hid herself for five months, saying:Luke 1:24
Luke 2:5 in order to be declared, with Mary his espoused wife, who was with child.Luke 2:5
Luke 3:19 But Herod the tetrarch, when he was corrected by him concerning Herodias, his brother’s wife, and concerning all the evils that Herod had done,Luke 3:19
Luke 8:3 and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many other women, who were ministering to him from their resources.Luke 8:3
Luke 14:20 And another said, ‘I have taken a wife, and therefore I am not able to go.’Luke 14:20
Luke 14:26 “If anyone comes to me, and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yes, even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple.Luke 14:26
Luke 16:18 Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. And whoever marries her who has been divorced by her husband commits adultery.Luke 16:18
Luke 18:29 And he said to them: “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has left behind home, or parents, or brothers, or a wife, or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,Luke 18:29
Luke 20:28 saying: “Teacher, Moses wrote for us: If any man’s brother will have died, having a wife, and if he does not have any children, then his brother should take her as his wife, and he should raise up offspring for his brother.Luke 20:28
Luke 20:29 And so there were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and he died without sons.Luke 20:29
Luke 20:33 In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be? For certainly all seven had her as a wife.”Luke 20:33
Number of the word / term Wife in Luke: 15
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Acts
Acts 5:1 But a certain man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a field,Acts 5:1
Acts 5:7 Then about the space of three hours passed, and his wife entered, not knowing what had happened.Acts 5:7
Acts 18:2 And upon finding a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, who had recently arrived from Italy with Priscilla his wife, (because Claudius had ordered all Jews to depart from Rome,) he met with them.Acts 18:2
Acts 24:24 Then, after some days, Felix, arriving with his wife Drusilla who was a Jew, called for Paul and listened to him about the faith that is in Christ Jesus.Acts 24:24
Number of the word / term Wife in Acts: 4
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 5:1 Above all else, it is being said that there is fornication among you, even fornication of a such kind that is not among the Gentiles, so that someone would have the wife of his father.1 Corinthians 5:1
1 Corinthians 7:2 But, because of fornication, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.1 Corinthians 7:2
1 Corinthians 7:3 A husband should fulfill his obligation to his wife, and a wife should also act similarly toward her husband.1 Corinthians 7:3
1 Corinthians 7:4 It is not the wife, but the husband, who has power over her body. But, similarly also, it is not the husband, but the wife, who has power over his body.1 Corinthians 7:4
1 Corinthians 7:10 But to those who have been joined in matrimony, it is not I who commands you, but the Lord: a wife is not to separate from her husband.1 Corinthians 7:10
1 Corinthians 7:11 But if she has separated from him, she must remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband should not divorce his wife.1 Corinthians 7:11
1 Corinthians 7:12 Concerning the rest, I am speaking, not the Lord. If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.1 Corinthians 7:12
1 Corinthians 7:14 For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through the believing wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through the believing husband. Otherwise, your children would be unclean, whereas instead they are holy.1 Corinthians 7:14
1 Corinthians 7:16 And how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?1 Corinthians 7:16
1 Corinthians 7:27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be freed. Are you free of a wife? Do not seek a wife.1 Corinthians 7:27
1 Corinthians 7:28 But if you take a wife, you have not sinned. And if a virgin has married, she has not sinned. Even so, such as these will have the tribulation of the flesh. But I would spare you from this.1 Corinthians 7:28
1 Corinthians 7:32 But I would prefer you to be without worry. Whoever is without a wife is worried about the things of the Lord, as to how he may please God.1 Corinthians 7:32
1 Corinthians 7:33 But whoever is with a wife is worried about the things of the world, as to how he may please his wife. And so, he is divided.1 Corinthians 7:33
Number of the word / term Wife in 1 Corinthians: 13
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Ephesians
Ephesians 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the Church. He is the Savior of his body.Ephesians 5:23
Ephesians 5:28 So, too, husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.Ephesians 5:28
Ephesians 5:31 “For this reason, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife; and the two shall be as one flesh.”Ephesians 5:31
Ephesians 5:33 Yet truly, each and every one of you should love his wife as himself. And a wife should fear her husband.Ephesians 5:33
Number of the word / term Wife in Ephesians: 4
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book 1 Timothy
1 Timothy 3:2 Therefore, it is necessary for a bishop to be beyond reproach, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, gracious, chaste, hospitable, a teacher,1 Timothy 3:2
1 Timothy 3:12 Deacons should be the husband of one wife, men who lead their own children and their own houses well.1 Timothy 3:12
1 Timothy 5:9 Let a widow be chosen who is no less than sixty years of age, who was the wife of one husband,1 Timothy 5:9
Number of the word / term Wife in 1 Timothy: 3
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Titus
Titus 1:6 if such a man is without offense, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of self-indulgence, nor of insubordination.Titus 1:6
Number of the word / term Wife in Titus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Wife’ in the book Revelation
Revelation 19:7 Let us be glad and exult. And let us give glory to him. For the marriage feast of the Lamb has arrived, and his wife has prepared herself.”Revelation 19:7
Revelation 21:9 And one of the seven Angels, those holding the bowls filled with the seven last afflictions, approached and spoke with me, saying: “Come, and I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”Revelation 21:9
Number of the word / term ‘Wife’ in Revelation: 2
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 349
