What Does the Bible Say About The Man Being The Head?

Ephesians 5:25-29 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,

Matthew 1:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Genesis 17:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ...

Isaiah 49:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name.

Isaiah 13:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Their bows will slaughter the young men; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; their eyes will not pity children.

Job 31:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

Deuteronomy 5:1-33 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the rules that I speak in your hearing today, and you shall learn them and be careful to do them. The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. Not with our fathers did the Lord make this covenant, but with us, who are all of us here alive today. The Lord spoke with you face to face at the mountain, out of the midst of the fire, while I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the Lord. For you were afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up into the mountain. He said: ...

Exodus 21:22-25 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and he shall pay as the judges determine. But if there is harm, then you shall pay life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

Genesis 17:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Then Abraham took Ishmael his son and all those born in his house or bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very day, as God had said to him.

Genesis 6:1-22 ESV / 1 helpful vote

When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown. The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. ...

12 Bible Verses about The Man Being The Head

Ephesians 5:25-29 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Matthew 1:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 17:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 49:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Isaiah 13:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Job 31:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Deuteronomy 5:1-33 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 21:22-25 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 17:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 6:1-22 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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12 Bible Verses about The Man Being The Head

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Ephesians 5:25-29 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Matthew 1:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 17:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 49:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Isaiah 13:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Job 31:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Deuteronomy 5:1-33 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 21:22-25 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 17:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 6:1-22 ESV / 1 helpful vote