FROM TORREY’S TOPICAL TEXTBOOK (1897)

Torrey’s Topical Textbook (1897) — public domain, printed whole.

- Should have but one wife

Ge 2:24; Mr 10:6-8; 1Co 7:2-4

- Have authority over their wives

Ge 3:16; 1Co 11:3; Eph 5:23

- DUTY OF, TO WIVES

. To respect them

1Pe 3:7

. To love them

Eph 5:25-33; Col 3:19

. To regard them as themselves

Ge 2:23; Mt 19:5

. To be faithful to them

Pr 5:19; Mal 2:14,15

. To dwell with them for life

Ge 2:24; Mt 19:3-9

. To comfort them

1Sa 1:8

. To consult with them

Ge 31:4-7

. Not to leave them, though unbelieving

1Co 7:11,12,14,16

- Duties of, not to interfere with their duties to Christ

Lu 14:26; Mt 19:29

- Good-Exemplified

. Isaac

Ge 24:67

. Elkanah

1Sa 1:4,5

- Bad-Exemplified

. Solomon

1Ki 11:1

. Ahasuerus

Es 1:10,11