Psalm 112:2
KJV—His seed shall be mighty upon
earth: the generation of the upright shall
be blessed.

NIV—His children will be mighty in the
land; the generation of the upright will be
blessed.

Amp—His [spiritual] offspring shall be a
mighty one upon earth; the generation of
the upright shall be blessed.

Psalm 127:3-5
KJV—Lo, children are an heritage of the
Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man;
so are children of the youth. Happy is the
man that hath his quiver full of them.

NKJV—Behold, children are a heritage
from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a
reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,
so are the children of one’s youth.
Happy is the man who has his quiver full
of them.

NIV—Sons are a heritage from the Lord,
children a reward from him. Like arrows
in the hands of a warrior are sons born
in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose
quiver is full of them.

Psalm 128:1-4
KJV—Blessed is every one that feareth
the Lord; that walketh in his ways. For
thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands:
happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well
with thee. Thy wife shall be as a fruitful
vine by the sides of thine house: thy
children like olive plants round about thy
table. Behold, that thus shall the man be
blessed that feareth the Lord.

NKJV—Blessed is every one who fears
the Lord, who walks in His ways. When
you eat the labor of your hands, you shall
be happy, and it shall be well with you.
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the
very heart of your house, your children like
olive plants all around your table. Behold,
thus shall the man be blessed who fears
the Lord.

NIV—Blessed are all who fear the Lord,
who walk in his ways. You will eat the fruit
of your labor; blessings and prosperity will
be yours. Your wife will be like a fruitful
vine within your house; your sons will be
like olive shoots around your table. Thus
is the man blessed who fears the Lord.

Proverbs 13:22
KJV—A good man leaveth an inheritance
to his children’s children.

Amp—A good man leaves an inheritance
[of moral stability and goodness] to his
children’s children.

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Colossians 3:19
NKJV—Husbands, love your wives and
do not be bitter toward them.

Amp—Husbands, love your wives—be
affectionate and sympathetic with them—
and do not be harsh or bitter or resentful
toward them.

Weymouth—Married men, be affectionate
to your wives, and do not treat them harshly.

1 Timothy 2:8
NKJV—Therefore I desire that the men
pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands,
without wrath and doubting.

Amp—I desire therefore that in every
place men should pray, without anger
or quarreling or resentment or doubt [in
their minds], lifting up holy hands.

Weymouth—So, then, I would have the
men in every place of worship pray, lifting
to God holy hands without anger or strife.

1 Timothy 5:8
NKJV—But if anyone does not provide
for his own, and especially for those of his
household, he has denied the faith and is
worse than an unbeliever.

Amp—If any one fails to provide for his
relatives, and especially for those of his
own family, he has disowned the faith [by
failing to accompany it with fruits], and is
worse than an unbeliever [who performs
his obligation in these matters].

Weymouth—If a man makes no provision
for his own relations, and especially for his
own household, he has disowned the faith
and is behaving worse than an unbeliever.

1 Peter 3:7
KJV—Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with
[your wives] 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.

NIV—Husbands, in the same way be
considerate as you live with your wives,
and treat them with respect as the weaker
partner and as heirs with you of the gracious
gift of life, so that nothing will hinder
your prayers.

Amp—In the same way you married men
should live considerately with [your wives],
with an intelligent recognition [of the marriage
relation], honoring the woman as
[physically] the weaker, but [realizing that
you] are joint heirs of the grace (God’s
unmerited favor) of life, in order that your
prayers may not be hindered and cut off.—
Otherwise you cannot pray effectively.

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Proverbs 5:18-19
KJV—Let thy fountain be blessed: and
rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 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.

NIV—May your fountain be blessed, and
may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
A loving doe, a graceful deer—may her
breasts satisfy you always, may you ever
be captivated by her love.

Amp—Let your fountain—of human life—
be blessed [with the rewards of fidelity],
and rejoice with the wife of your youth.
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant
doe [tender, gentle, attractive]; let her
bosom satisfy you at all times; and always
be transported with delight in her love.

Proverbs 16:7
KJV—When a man’s ways please the
Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at
peace with him.

NIV—When a man’s ways are pleasing to
the Lord, he makes even his enemies live
at peace with him.

Proverbs 18:22
KJV—Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good
thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

NIV—He who finds a wife finds what is
good and receives favor from the Lord.

Amp—He who finds a [true] wife finds a
good thing, and obtains favor of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:3
NKJV—Let the husband render to his
wife the affection due her, and likewise
also the wife to her husband.

Amp—The husband should give to his
wife her conjugal rights—goodwill, kindness
and what is due her as his wife; and
likewise the wife to her husband.

Ephesians 5:25-33
KJV—Husbands, love your wives, even
as Christ also loved the church, and gave
himself for it; that he might sanctify and
cleanse it with the washing of water by the
word, 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.

So ought men to love their wives as their
own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth
himself. For no man ever yet hated his own
flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even
as the Lord the church: For we are members
of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

For this cause shall a man leave his
father and mother, and shall be joined unto
his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning
Christ and the church. Nevertheless let
every one of you in particular so love his
wife even as himself; and the wife see that
she reverence her husband.

NIV—Husbands, love your wives, just as
Christ loved the church and gave himself up
for her to make her holy, cleansing her by
the washing with water through the word,
and to present her to himself as a radiant
church, without stain or wrinkle or any
other blemish, but holy and blameless.

In this same way, husbands ought to
love their wives as their own bodies. He who
loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one
ever hated his own body, but he feeds and
cares for it, just as Christ does the church—
for we are members of his body.

“For this reason a man will leave his
father and mother and be united to his
wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
This is a profound mystery—but I am talking
about Christ and the church. However,
each one of you also must love his wife
as he loves himself, and the wife must respect
her husband.

Amp—Husbands, love your wives, as Christ
loved the church and gave Himself up for
her, so that He might sanctify her, having
cleansed her by the washing of water with
the Word, that He might present the church
to Himself in glorious splendor, without
spot or wrinkle or any such things—that she
might be holy and faultless.

Even so husbands should love their
wives as [being in a sense] their own bodies.
He who loves his own wife loves himself. For
no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes
and carefully protects and cherishes
it, as Christ does the church, because we are
members (parts) of His body.

For this reason a man shall leave his
father and his mother and shall be joined
to his wife, and the two shall become
one flesh. This mystery is very great, but
I speak concerning [the relation of] Christ
and the church. However, let each man of
you (without exception) love his wife as
[being in a sense] his very own self; and
let the wife see that she respects and reverences
her husband—that she notices
him, regards him, honors him, prefers
him, venerates and esteems
him; and that she defers to him, praises him,
and loves and admires him exceedingly.

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Malachi 2:16
KJV—For the Lord, the God of Israel,
saith that he hateth putting away.

NIV—“I hate divorce,” says the Lord God
of Israel.

Amp—For the Lord, the God of Israel,
says: I hate divorce and marital separation.

Matthew 19:3-6
NKJV—The Pharisees also came to Him,
testing Him, and saying to Him, “Is it lawful
for a man to divorce his wife for just
any reason?” And He answered and said
to them, “Have you not read that He who
made them at the beginning ‘made them
male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason
a man shall leave his father and mother and
be joined to his wife, and the two shall become
one flesh’? So then, they are no longer
two but one flesh. Therefore what God has
joined together, let not man separate.”

NIV—Some Pharisees came to him to test
him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to
divorce his wife for any and every reason?”
“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the
beginning the Creator ‘made them male and
female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will
leave his father and mother and be united
to his wife, and the two will become one
flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one.
Therefore what God has joined together, let
man not separate.”

Weymouth—Then came some of the
Pharisees to Him to put Him to the proof by
the question, “Has a man a right to divorce
his wife for any sort of reason?” “Have you
not read,” He replied, “that He who made
them ‘made them’ from the beginning ‘male
and female,’ and said, ‘for this reason a
man shall leave his father and mother and
cling to his wife, and the two shall be one’?
Thus they are no longer two, but one. What
therefore God has joined together, let not
man separate.”

1 Corinthians 7:10-13, 15-16

KJV—And unto the married I command,
yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife
depart from her husband: But and if she
depart, let her remain unmarried, or be
reconciled to her husband: and let not
the husband put away his wife. But to the
rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother
hath a wife that believeth not, and she be
pleased to dwell with him, let him not put
her away. And the woman which hath an
husband that believeth not, and if he be
pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave
him….

But if the unbelieving depart, let him
depart. A brother or a sister is not under
bondage in such cases: but God hath called
us to peace. For what knowest thou, O wife,
whether thou shalt save thy husband? or
how knowest thou, O man, whether thou
shalt save thy wife?

NIV—To the married I give this command
(not I, but the Lord): A wife must
not separate from her husband. But if she
does, she must remain unmarried or else
be reconciled to her husband. And a husband
must not divorce his wife. To the rest
I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother
has a wife who is not a believer and she
is willing to live with him, he must not divorce
her. And if a woman has a husband
who is not a believer and he is willing to
live with her, she must not divorce him….
But if the unbeliever leaves, let him
do so. A believing man or woman is not
bound in such circumstances; God has
called us to live in peace. How do you
know, wife, whether you will save your
husband? Or, how do you know, husband,
whether you will save your wife?

Amp—But to the married [people] I give
charge, not I but the Lord, that the wife is
not to separate from her husband. But if
she does [separate from and divorce him],
let her remain single or else be reconciled
to her husband. And [I charge] the husband
[also] that he should not put away
or divorce his wife. To the rest I declare,
I, not the Lord [for Jesus did not discuss
this], that if any brother has a wife who
does not believe [on Christ], and she consents
to live with him, he should not leave
or divorce her. And if any woman has an
unbelieving husband, and he consents to
live with her, she should not leave or divorce
him….

But if the unbelieving partner [actually]
leaves, let him do so; in such [cases
the remaining] brother or sister is not
morally bound. But God has called us
to peace. For, wife, how can you be sure
of converting and saving your husband?
Husband, how can you be sure of converting
and saving your wife?

Kenneth Copeland Ministries