For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.
Psalms 128:2
“For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.”
— Psalms 128:2
The Bible's instructions to husbands are short and heavy: love like Christ loved the church — which is to say, sacrificially, specifically, and without an escape clause. The fifteen verses below are the Bible's direct address to that situation, shown in full KJV text from Psalms 128:2 to Matthew 19:6.
Quick answer: The best-known verse about husbands here is Psalms 128:2: "For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee." Psalms 128:4 follows close behind: "Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD." Both are public-domain translations, shown in full on the cards below with a modern-English toggle.
For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.
Psalms 128:2
Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
Behold, this is how the man who fears Yahweh is blessed.
Psalms 128:4
The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
The heart of her husband trusts in her. He shall have no lack of gain.
Proverbs 31:11
For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name. The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. He will be called the God of the whole earth.
Isaiah 54:5
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Malachi 2:15
But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.
1 Corinthians 7:33
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.
But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
1 Corinthians 11:3
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.
Ephesians 5:23
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
Ephesians 5:28
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly,
Ephesians 5:29
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
1 Timothy 3:4
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
(for how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)
1 Timothy 3:5
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity, for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:9
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.
You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman as to the weaker vessel, as also being joint heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.
1 Peter 3:7
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”
Matthew 19:6
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