Character & Virtues
Bible Verses About submissiveness
11 key scriptures
What does the Bible say about submissiveness? Browse 11 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.
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| Translation | Key Verse: 1 Peter 3:1 |
|---|---|
| King James (KJV) | “Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;” |
11 Key Scriptures
“Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;”
1 Peter 3:1KJV
“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.”
“Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.”
1 Peter 3:7KJV
“Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. to thy: or, subject to thy husband”
Genesis 3:16KJV
“Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.”
“Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.”
“Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. have: or, guide”
“To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.”
Titus 2:5KJV
“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.”
“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.”
“But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.”
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