New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Husbands

• Should have but one wife Gen. 2:24; Mk. 10:6-8; 1 Cor. 7:2-4
• Have authority over their wives Gen. 3:16; 1 Cor. 11:3; Eph. 5:23
• Duty of, to wives
  • To respect them 1 Pet. 3:7
  • To love them Eph. 5:25-33; Col. 3:19
  • To regard them as themselves Gen. 2:23; Mt. 19:5
  • To be faithful to them Pr. 5:19; Mal. 2:14, 15
  • To dwell with them for life Gen. 2:24; Mt. 19:3-9
  • To comfort them 1 Sam. 1:8
  • To consult with them Gen. 31:4-7
  • Not to leave them, though unbelieving 1 Cor. 7:11, 12, 14, 16
• Duties of, not to interfere with their duties to Christ Lk. 14:26; Mt. 19:29
• Good-Exemplified
  • Isaac Gen. 24:67
  • Elkanah 1 Sam. 1:4, 5
• Bad-Exemplified
  • Solomon 1 Ki. 11:1
  • Ahasuerus Esther 1:10, 11