HUSBANDS
(See also Fathers; Marriage; Widowers)
abusive behavior or speech: w25.01 8-11; lvs 150-151; lv 125-126; w10 9/15 20; g 10/09 6; jd 121-122; g97 8/8 30; g96 10/22 3-11
accompanying wife in ministry: w95 10/1 12
anger: g97 6/8 18-20
appreciation for wife: w25.01 13; g 7/08 8; w91 9/1 21; w89 5/15 14-15
effect of Bible education: g98 4/8 12-13
wife’s knowledge of Scriptures: w21.02 13
‘assigning honor’ to wife (1Pe 3:7): w25.01 8-13; w25.09 16; cl 99-100; w21.07 22; it-2 782; w15 11/15 23; w10 5/15 11-12; w09 7/15 8-9; g 1/08 7; w07 2/15 14-15; w06 5/15 32; w05 3/1 17; g02 2/8 11; w00 6/15 19-20; w95 7/15 19-20; kl 143-144; g94 10/8 20-21; w91 2/1 22; w89 5/15 14-15
avoiding improper interest in other women: w18.09 29
avoiding misuse of power: w86 8/15 16
balance between congregational and family responsibilities: w09 5/15 19-20; w96 10/15 15-19; w89 5/15 12
battered: g 10/09 30; g02 6/22 30; g94 3/22 30; g93 7/22 29
‘be as those who have no wife’ (1Co 7:29): it-2 343; w16.08 17; w08 7/15 27; w00 7/15 30-31; w99 10/1 9; w96 10/15 19
Bible principles: g 4/13 10
bride-price: w89 1/15 21-24
capable husband (Pr 31): w00 2/1 31
Christian view revolutionary: w92 10/15 9-10
communication with wife: w15 1/1 12; w13 5/15 15-16; w10 6/15 22-23; fy 35-36; w95 10/1 12; w92 10/15 14-15; w91 9/1 21-22; g86 1/8 3-5, 10-11
conflicts between wife and mother: w16.02 24; g90 2/22 8-9
conflicts with wife: g 4/13 4-5; yp1 290-291; w88 11/1 17; g86 1/8 3-5, 10-12
consideration for wife: w18.09 29; w08 9/15 17; w86 12/1 19
caring for children: w19.12 24; w08 4/15 18-19; w88 3/1 24-25
consulting before making commitments: w09 7/15 8-9; w08 3/15 9
during menopause: g95 2/22 11
during menstruation: it-2 372; w89 5/15 13; w89 6/1 14
having children: w88 3/1 24
sharing domestic chores: w21.02 4-5; g92 7/8 12-13
when not feeling well: w15 1/1 11-12
working wives: w08 2/1 29; w94 7/15 12
dealing with wife’s imperfections: w07 2/15 16-17; w95 10/1 12
decisions: w21.02 7; w09 7/15 8-9; w91 12/15 21; w89 5/15 12-13
decisiveness:
family’s spirituality: w95 9/15 21
discussion: lff lesson 49; it-1 1162-1163; bhs 145-146; bh 135-137; w08 9/15 17; w07 2/15 13-17; w07 5/1 20-22; rq 16; kl 134-136; w92 10/15 9-11; w89 5/15 10-15; pe 239-241, 243-244
dwelling with wife “according to knowledge” (1Pe 3:7): kl 143-144; g92 7/8 15-16; w89 5/15 13; w89 6/1 14
earning respect of wife: w21.02 4; w16.10 20
effect of wife’s supportive role: mwb16.11 2
effect on wife of husband’s supportive role: g86 8/8 31
when wife has miscarriage or stillbirth: we 10
examples:
Abraham: w23.05 24-25
balancing employment with truth and family: w99 12/1 28; yb99 59-60
cares for disabled wife: w02 2/1 25-27
cares for ill wife: w16.02 19; w09 5/15 20
Israel (ancient): w95 9/15 22
learning from wife: w24.12 29
love for separated wife: w01 1/1 14
patriarchal society: w95 9/15 20-21
experiences:
abandoned by wife: w24.12 23
abusive, drug-addicted husband won over: wp16.3 10-11
abusive childhood overcome: w12 10/1 26-27
abusive husband touched by namesake’s story on Witness calendar: yb08 55-56
abusive husband who practiced witchcraft: yb13 47
abusive husband won over: w12 9/1 11; yb12 86; w07 4/15 17-18; fy 131; yb90 64; g88 7/22 26-27
accepts truth after many years: w93 12/15 10
addict with foul temper: yb11 137-138
assisting Witness husband whose wife dies: w97 10/1 32
attends convention: yb07 202-203
Bible studies with unbelieving husbands: yb96 53-54
Bible study improves marriage: w99 1/1 3
change of heart: yb94 145
changes after 20 years: w05 5/15 29; yb93 179-180
circuit assembly leads to Bible study: w87 10/15 29; w86 11/15 13-14
cruel husband: ijwcl article 11
death of wife: w15 1/15 11; g96 12/22 26-27
demanding husband: g21.1 5
drug abuser: w05 10/15 5-6
drug and alcohol abuser: w12 10/1 26-27; w00 6/1 8
husband’s violence endured: yb98 191, 193
impelled to impersonate a Witness: yb07 52
impressed by quickly built Kingdom Hall: yb94 48-49
impressed by wife’s conduct: w12 2/15 30; yb10 53
impressed by Witness relief efforts: yb98 144-145
impressed that Witnesses came despite snow: w93 1/1 27
inactive, helped by wife’s faithfulness: w16.03 16
invited to sit in on study: yb12 83
learns to show affection: yb98 94
learns truth during rehabilitation from stroke: yb05 53
objections overcome: yb87 28-29
opposed husband a karate instructor: w96 2/15 26
opposed husband builds pool for wife’s baptism: w89 3/15 29
opposed husband calmed by Witness customer: w94 1/15 8
opposed husband won over: lfs article 18; w21.03 24; lff lesson 12; w13 3/15 31
opposed to family’s preaching from house to house: w93 12/15 10
opposed wife hides meeting clothes: yb10 97, 100
opposed wife won over: w14 3/15 5; w03 2/1 26, 28-29; w01 11/1 13, 16
opposition to meetings overcome: w88 4/1 29-30
opposition turns to loyalty: w94 3/1 31
perseverance unites family: w88 11/1 7
praises Witness wife: w99 9/1 32
reads Live Forever book: yb98 51
Require brochure brings change: yb06 49
takes wife to police for imprisonment: yb92 194
truth transforms life: g 11/12 21-23; yb99 60; w98 10/1 7
unbelievers apprehensive about wife’s becoming Witness: w08 11/1 11-12
unbeliever shoots adulterous wife: w88 3/15 17
unkempt drunk who beat wife: yb99 63-64
widower stunned by interest of Witnesses: w06 7/1 32
wife’s conduct prevents divorce: w90 1/1 5
wife’s conduct wins husband and other family members: yb95 46; yb93 62
wife’s loyalty neutralizes opposition: w88 4/1 29-30
won over: w14 3/15 4-5; w12 2/15 30; w10 9/1 16-17; w07 2/15 20-21; w06 8/1 11-15; w05 5/15 29; w05 12/1 17; yb02 103; w01 1/1 14-15; km 12/00 8; yb98 98-100; g97 6/22 20-22; w95 10/1 10-11; w94 4/15 28-29; w94 10/1 9; g91 1/22 12-13; w90 2/15 26-27; w90 8/15 20-22; w90 11/15 31; yb90 45; w89 1/15 6; w89 11/15 20; yb89 54-55; w87 5/1 21; w87 10/15 29; w86 2/1 17; w86 5/1 22-23; w86 8/1 21
won over by kindness of Witnesses: lfs article 18; w13 3/15 31; yb07 235, 238-239
won over by tact and patience: yb16 126-127; w13 3/15 31; w12 2/15 27-28; w95 7/15 23-24
won over by wife’s changes: w19.08 14-19; w12 2/15 29; yb94 56-57
won over by Witness videos: yb99 51-52
friendship with wife: w09 5/15 20; w95 10/1 12
Greece (ancient): w92 10/15 9
grief over death of child: g87 8/8 8-9, 12
headship: cl 99-100; w21.02 2-7; it-1 1054-1055, 1163; it-2 221-222, 341-342; lvs 51; w17.06 5; w17.11 29; w15 1/15 19-20; w15 11/15 22-23; lv 41; g 11/13 15; w09 5/15 20; g 1/08 28-29; w07 1/15 6; w02 3/15 10-11; wt 154; w00 8/1 5; w97 6/15 24; fy 31-34, 185; w95 9/15 20-21; kl 134-135; w94 7/15 11-12; w91 12/15 19-21; w89 5/15 11-13, 16-17; gm 171; pe 239-241; w88 11/1 24; tp 136-138
misconceptions: w21.02 3-5; w10 8/1 12-13; g96 10/22 10-11
Hebrew words: it-1 1162-1163; w95 7/15 12
helping depressed wife: w90 3/15 27-28; g87 11/8 14-15
how to be refreshing: w89 5/15 12-13
humility: w21.02 4-5
in military:
position of Witness wives: w94 4/15 26-29
Jehovah: it-1 1163; it-2 344; w13 3/15 26; ip-2 342
Israel a concubine: it-1 496
Jesus Christ: it-2 344
example for husbands: w25.01 10; cf 180; w19.05 6; it-1 1051, 1054, 1163; w15 1/1 10-12; w15 11/15 23; bh 135-137; w11 5/15 7-8; w10 5/15 11-12; w09 5/15 19-20; w09 7/15 8-9; w07 1/15 6; w07 2/15 13-17; w06 9/15 24; w05 3/1 16; w02 3/15 10-11; wt 154; ip-2 342; fy 31-33; w95 10/1 11-12; kl 135; w93 9/1 11; w91 12/15 19-21; w89 5/15 11-13; w86 12/1 19
key role in family peace and harmony: w89 5/15 11
kind at Kingdom Hall, unkind at home: g92 7/8 13
Law covenant: w19.02 21; it-1 1163; it-2 1183
discipline for falsely accusing one’s wife: it-1 271-272; it-2 342
“law of” (Ro 7:2): it-2 221-222; w07 2/15 18-19
listening to wife: w17.11 29; fy 37; w91 12/15 21
love for wife: cf 180; lff lesson 49; g21.1 4; w19.05 6; w16.08 14; w16.10 20; w12 5/15 6; w10 5/15 11-12; w09 5/15 19-20; w07 1/15 6; w07 5/1 20; w97 8/15 18; w89 1/15 23; pe 243; g86 1/8 11-12
cherishing wife (Eph 5:28, 29): w09 5/15 19; w07 5/1 20-22
effect on children: g 3/13 6
need of expressing: w25.01 11, 13; w89 7/15 31
video Husbands, Love Your Wife as Yourself: lff lesson 49
loving-kindness toward wife: w10 8/15 23
not being treacherous with wife: jd 125-126; w02 5/1 17-19
not belittling wife: w10 8/15 23; w89 5/15 14
not stifling wife: fy 33
obedience to: scl 83; it-2 522; kl 135-136; w88 4/1 28-30; w88 9/15 29
“owner” of wife: w95 7/15 12
patience: w07 2/15 17; w95 10/1 12
pornography: ijwhf article 30; w23.08 14-17; w23.12 30
praising wife: w09 5/15 19; w89 5/15 14-15
preparing to be a husband: w23.12 28-29
providing emotional security for wife: w15 1/1 10-12
‘rejoice with wife’ (Pr 5:18): w92 8/1 32
relationship with Jehovah: w97 8/15 18
respect for wife: w25.01 12; w25.09 16; w21.02 11-12; g16.6 8-9; w08 3/15 11; g92 7/8 12-14
wife’s dignity: w89 5/15 13
responsibilities: ijwbq article 184; scl 72; lff lesson 49; it-1 1054-1055, 1163; bhs 145-146; w12 7/15 30; w91 5/15 5-6; w88 11/1 16-17; tp 136-138
deciding where to live: w88 11/1 24
deciding which congregation to serve with: w20.08 30
domestic: w15 1/1 11; w97 8/15 19
example of Jehoshaphat: w21.11 15-16
family finances: w09 8/1 10; w96 10/1 29-30
providing for family: w23.12 27; scl 71, 79; lvs 137; lv 116; w12 2/15 7; w11 5/15 7; w08 8/15 27; w07 5/1 20-21; w96 10/1 29-31; w96 10/15 22-23
providing for family in case of death: w98 1/15 19-22
spiritual needs of family: w11 4/15 12; w96 10/15 18; w93 9/1 11-12; w88 11/1 16-17; tp 172
selecting a husband: w25.03 23; w23.12 22-23; scl 70-71; mwb22.09 5; w21.02 8; lff lesson 42; lvs 134-136; w15 1/15 31-32; lv 113-115; yp2 28-32, 34-39, 41; w07 2/15 18-19; g 5/07 19; w01 5/15 16-21
another race or culture: ijwbq article 43; g99 1/22 14; g98 1/22 20-21
not becoming “unevenly yoked” (2Co 6:14): w24.07 24
“only in the Lord” (1Co 7:39): mwb22.09 4; mwb21.05 14; lvs 135; w15 1/15 31-32; w15 3/15 30-32; w15 8/15 26-27; lv 113; w12 5/15 4; w12 7/1 29; w11 10/15 15; w08 3/15 8; yp2 34; w04 7/1 30-31; w01 5/15 20-21; w01 8/15 30; g99 8/8 18-20; g99 10/8 19; g98 1/22 20; w89 1/15 24; w88 11/1 15-16; yb87 57-58; w86 11/15 26-30; w86 12/15 30
whether to advertise in newspapers: w89 1/15 24
sex:
consideration for wife: w25.01 10, 13; w15 1/15 27; w89 5/15 19-20; w89 6/1 14; yp 190
respecting wife’s dignity: w89 5/15 13
spending time with wife: w23.06 27, 30
“stick to his wife” (Ge 2:24): w89 5/15 16
subjection to Jehovah: w93 2/1 17-18
treating wife as Christian sister: w09 5/15 19-20
unbelieving husband: w21.02 12; w17.10 13-15; w15 8/15 27; bhs 147; w10 5/15 13-14; w05 3/1 18-20; w03 11/1 11-12; fy 35, 129-134; kl 135-136, 144-145; w91 7/1 16-17; w88 11/1 24-27; tp 173-174
assisting: km 8/09 4; w95 7/15 23-24
helping to gain: mwb19.10 5; w12 2/15 28-30; km 11/10 5-6; w96 8/1 18-19; w90 2/15 26-27; w90 8/15 20-23; w89 11/15 19-20
how elders can help: km 11/10 6; w96 8/1 18-19; w89 5/15 17-18
how wife can help: w17.11 28-29; w14 3/15 5
in military: w94 4/15 26-29
kindness toward: w91 7/15 15-16
“may be won” (1Pe 3:1, 2): mwb25.05 13; w12 2/15 28-29; w07 2/15 20-21; w05 3/1 19; w94 4/15 28-29
obedience to: w16.08 16; w95 6/1 26-29
pioneer wife: w96 5/15 30
respect for: w89 5/15 17
sanctified (1Co 7:14): it-1 1131; it-2 860
treatment of: w17.11 28-29; w16.02 23; w12 2/15 27-28; w09 10/15 8; w08 11/1 12
when forbids family study, meetings, and/or service for children: fy 133-134; w88 11/1 25
when opposed to meeting attendance: fy 133-134; w88 4/1 28-30; w88 11/1 25
when wants wife to attend wedding or funeral in church: w07 10/15 27-29; w02 5/15 28
why some oppose: w12 2/15 27-28; w90 8/15 21; w89 5/15 17-18
wife’s position on holiday activities: lvs 252; lv 158-159; w01 12/15 28-29
whether Christian husband may annul wife’s vow: w04 8/1 27
wife beating: mrt article 16; g 4/13 8-11; w10 6/15 29-32; g05 8/8 6-7, 9; g02 6/8 30; g02 6/22 30; g02 7/8 30; g01 11/8 3-12; g90 9/22 30; g88 11/22 2-8
approval by some women and men: g88 7/8 29-30
Bible view: g 4/13 10-11; jd 121-122; g01 11/8 6-7, 12; g88 11/22 8