Ark of Covenant Ministries
Tony Catron Pastor
Commandments for Wives
I.
Though Shalt love the Lord thy God with all they heart, mind, soul, and strength and
your husband only a little less than you love God. Deuteronomy 6:5
II.
Thou shalt not be the boss, but thou shalt gladly submit to thy husband, your head as
unto the Lord. Ephesians 5:22 “wives submit yourselves unto your own husbands as
unto the Lord.”
III. Thou shalt keep thy tongue with all diligence, not permitting it to run loose in gossip
and thou shalt bless thy husband verbally at least once a day. Proverbs 31:26 “she
openeth her mouth with wisdom and in her tongue is the law of kindness.”
IV. Thou shalt keep a joyful heart in all that your daily schedules calls upon you to do.
Proverbs 17:22 “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine, but a broken spirit drieth
the bones.” Colossians 3:17 “whatsoever ye do in word or in deed do all in the name of
the Lord Jesus giving thanks to God by Him.”
V.
Thou shalt put far from thee a jealous or selfish nature. Proverbs 6:34 “For jealousy
is the rage of a man, therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.”
VI. Thou shalt greatly prefer thy husband, never comparing him unfavorably with other men
but thou shalt sincerely admire and honor him, never reminding him of all the men thou
couldest have married. Ephesians 5:33
VII. Thou shalt give diligence to keep thyself and they home attractive remembering thou
must not only win thy husband’s love but also keep it. Proverbs 31:27-28
VIII. Thou shalt prize thy womanly virtues and value them more than life itself.
Proverbs 12:4 “a virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, but she that maketh
ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.”
IX. Thou shalt instill in thy children a love, respect and devotion to their father. Proverbs
22:6 “Train up a child in the way he should go, when he is old, he will not depart from
it.”
X.
Thou shalt cuddle thy husband doing for him those little things that mean so much.
XI. Thou shalt not nag! Proverbs 25:24 “it is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop
than with a brawling woman in a wide house.” Proverbs 27:15 “a continual dropping in
a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.”
Ark of Covenant Ministries
Tony Catron Pastor
Commandments for Husbands
I.
Thou shalt love the Lord they God with all thy heart, mind, and strength and your
wife only a little less than you love God. Deuteronomy 6:5, Ephesians 5:25.
II.
Thou shalt not take thy wife for granted, but thou shalt keep her love in the same way
thou didst win it. With tender loving care, flowers and cards and other thoughtful
deeds. Don’t try to understand the wife just love her. Ephesians 5:29
III. Thou shalt honor thy wife as a joint heir of the grace of life so that your prayers may
not be hindered. 1 Peter 3:7
IV. Thou shat enter into they house with cheerfulness and avoid fault finding and a critical
spirit. Ephesians 5:26 “death and life are in the power of the tongue.” Proverbs 18
V.
Thou shalt take the responsibility of thy home and provide the necessities of life for
thy family and thou shalt not close thy fist to tightly around thy billfold. Ephesians
5:28
VI. Thou shalt lead thy home in the ways of God diligently instructing them in God’s
word. Deuteronomy 6:7
VII. Thou shalt not embarrass or criticize thy wife before thy friends or relatives nor shalt
thou allow anyone to criticize thy wife to they face and get away with it.
VIII. Thou shalt share some of thy recreation hours with thy wife and family.
IX. Thou shalt take thy wife into thy confidence and share thy plans with her, remembering
that she is thy partner not thy hired hand.
X.
Thou shalt live a life of high moral purity, thou shalt rejoice in thy wife and be thou
ravished always with her love. Proverbs 5:18-19