Esther 1:10-12
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10 On the seventh day, when the king was feeling good from the wine,(A) Ahasuerus commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona,(B) Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas—the seven eunuchs(C) who personally served him— 11 to bring Queen Vashti before him with her royal crown. He wanted to show off her beauty to the people and the officials, because she was very beautiful.(D) 12 But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command that was delivered by his eunuchs. The king became furious and his anger burned within him.(E)
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Ephesians 5:24
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24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives are to submit to their husbands in everything.
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Ephesians 5:33
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33 To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband.
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Colossians 3:18
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Christ in Your Home
18 Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.(A)
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1 Timothy 2:12
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12 I do not allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; instead, she is to remain quiet.
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1 Peter 3:1
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Wives and Husbands
3 In the same way, wives,(A) submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, even if some disobey the word,(B) they may be won over(C) without a word by the way their wives live(D)
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