Here are 61 Bible verses about head of the household, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.
Genesis 3:16 KJV
16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
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Revelation 17:9 KJV
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
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Ephesians 5:25 KJV
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
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Luke 10:27 KJV
27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
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Luke 2:19 KJV
19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
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1 Timothy 5:8 KJV
8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
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Colossians 3:21 KJV
21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
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Philippians 2:2 KJV
2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
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Ephesians 5:22 KJV
22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
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Ephesians 1:22 KJV
22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
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2 Corinthians 11:3 KJV
3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
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2 Corinthians 10:5 KJV
5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
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1 Corinthians 6:19-20 KJV
19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
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1 Corinthians 1:10 KJV
10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
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Romans 1:28 KJV
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
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Acts 28:1 KJV
1 And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.
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Acts 22:16 KJV
16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
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Acts 2:41 KJV
41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
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John 12:40 KJV
40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
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John 3:16 KJV
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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Luke 24:38 KJV
38 And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
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Luke 9:47 KJV
47 And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,
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Luke 5:22 KJV
22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?
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Mark 16:15 KJV
15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
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Mark 7:21 KJV
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
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Mark 5:15-20 KJV
15 And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. 16 And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine. 17 And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts. 18 And when he was come into …
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Mark 2:6 KJV
6 But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
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Matthew 15:17-20 KJV
17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? 18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: 20 These are the …
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Matthew 9:4 KJV
4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
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Daniel 2:30 KJV
30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
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Daniel 2:29 KJV
29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.
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Jeremiah 24:7 KJV
7 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
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Jeremiah 13:10 KJV
10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.
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Isaiah 33:18 KJV
18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
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Isaiah 10:7 KJV
7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
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Isaiah 6:10 KJV
10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
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Ecclesiastes 12:11 KJV
11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
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Ecclesiastes 8:16 KJV
16 When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
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Ecclesiastes 8:5 KJV
5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.
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Ecclesiastes 7:25 KJV
25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
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Ecclesiastes 2:14 KJV
14 The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
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Ecclesiastes 2:3 KJV
3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
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Proverbs 31:12 KJV
12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
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Proverbs 23:7 KJV
7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
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Proverbs 22:17 KJV
17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
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Proverbs 16:23 KJV
23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
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Proverbs 8:5 KJV
5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
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Psalm 90:12 KJV
12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
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Psalm 19:14 KJV
14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.
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Job 38:35 KJV
35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?
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Job 9:4 KJV
4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
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1 Samuel 2:35 KJV
35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
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Joshua 23:14 KJV
14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.
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Deuteronomy 15:9 KJV
9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
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Deuteronomy 4:39 KJV
39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
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Leviticus 19:17 KJV
17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
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Exodus 35:26 KJV
26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats’ hair.
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Exodus 4:20 KJV
20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
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Exodus 4:14 KJV
14 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
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Genesis 16:1-16 KJV
1 Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. 3 And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten …
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Genesis 2:7 KJV
7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
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