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1Pe 3:7 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

ye		Gen 2:23,24; Pro 5:15-19; Mal 2:14-16; Mat 19:3-9; 1Cr 7:3; Col 3:19; Eph 5:25-28,33
giving		1Cr 12:22-24; 1Th 4:4
heirs		Eph 3:6; Tts 3:7; Hbr 1:14
that		Job 42:8; Mat 5:23,24; Mat 18:19; Rom 8:26,27; Eph 4:30; Eph 6:18

Correlating Passages

	Gen 2:23	And Adam said, This [is] now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
	Gen 2:24	Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
	Pro 5:15	Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
	Pro 5:16	Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, [and] rivers of waters in the streets.
	Pro 5:17	Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
	Pro 5:18	Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
	Pro 5:19	[Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
	Mal 2:14	Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet [is] she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
	Mal 2:15	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.
	Mal 2:16	For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for [one] covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
	Mat 19:3	The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
	Mat 19:4	And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made [them] at the beginning made them male and female,
	Mat 19:5	And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
	Mat 19:6	Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
	Mat 19:7	They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
	Mat 19:8	He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
	Mat 19:9	And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except [it be] for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
	1Cr 7:3	Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
	Col 3:19	Husbands, love [your] wives, and be not bitter against them.
	Eph 5:25	Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
	Eph 5:26	That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
	Eph 5:27	That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
	Eph 5:28	So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
	Eph 5:33	Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife [see] that she reverence [her] husband.

giving

	1Cr 12:22	Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
	1Cr 12:23	And those [members] of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely [parts] have more abundant comeliness.
	1Cr 12:24	For our comely [parts] have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that [part] which lacked:
	1Th 4:4	That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

heirs

	Eph 3:6	That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
	Tts 3:7	That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
	Hbr 1:14	Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

that

	Job 42:8	Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you [after your] folly, in that ye have not spoken of me [the thing which is] right, like my servant Job.
	Mat 5:23	Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
	Mat 5:24	Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
	Mat 18:19	Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
	Rom 8:26	Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
	Rom 8:27	And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what [is] the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to [the will of] God.
	Eph 4:30	And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
	Eph 6:18	Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

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