What does the bible say about putting your spouse above your children?

Answer 1

God is always to be put first and worshipped and served above every other person or thing (Matthew 4:10). The main passages are found in Ephesians 5:22-28, which refers to Jesus Christ being the head of the church, and mentions the roles of husbands and a wives. Also in Colossians 3:16-19. Loving God more than all family members and all relatives is found in Matthew 10:35-38.

Answer 2

the closest verse than I can think of refers to Jesus and not to God the Father and as follows;

"If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children,and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple." Luke 14;26

Answer 3

I've read The Bible through about 4-5 times and have taught from it for over 15 years. I have never heard of a verse that says to 'place God first, then your husband, then family.' There are verses, though, that talk about loving God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength (Mark 12:30, Luke 10:27). AndLoving your neighbor as yourself Mark 12:31 - which states also that there is no greater commandment greater than these. So it would seem that first you love God, then your neighbor, then yourself = with the understanding that you love (1 Cor 13) your neighbor AS yourself. So you have to 1 Cor13 love yourself. Technically, your family and husband would be included as neighbors.- God, others, self. Hope this helps

ANSWER #2Although males and females are equal in relationship to Christ, the Scriptures give specific roles to each in marriage. The husband is to assume leadership in the home (1 Corinthians 11:3; Ephesians 5:23). This leadership should not be dictatorial, condescending, or patronizing to the wife, but should be in accordance with the example of Christ leading the church. "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" (Ephesians 5:25-26). Christ loved the church (His people) with compassion, mercy, forgiveness, respect, and selflessness. In this same way husbands are to love their wives.

Wives are to submit to the authority of their husbands. "Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything" (Ephesians 5:22-24). Although women should submit to their husbands, the Bible also tells men several times how they are supposed to treat their wives. The husband is not to take on the role of the dictator, but should show respect for his wife and her opinions. In fact, Ephesians 5:28-29 exhorts men to love their wives in the same way that they love their own bodies, feeding and caring for them. A man's love for his wife should be the same as Christ's love for His body, the church.

In regard to the division of responsibilities in the home, the Bible instructs husbands to provide for their families. This means he works and makes enough money to sufficiently provide all the necessities of life for his wife and children. To fail to do so has definite spiritual consequences. "If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever" (1 Timothy 5:8). So, a man who makes no effort to provide for his family cannot rightly call himself a Christian. This does not mean that the wife cannot assist in supporting the family---Proverbs 31 demonstrates that a godly wife may surely do so---but providing for the family is not primarily her responsibility; it is her husband's. While a husband should help with the children and with household chores (thereby fulfilling his duty to love his wife), Proverbs 31 also makes it clear that the home is to be the woman's primary area of influence and responsibility. Even if she must stay up late and rise up early, her family is well cared for. This is not an easy lifestyle for many women---especially in affluent Western nations. However, far too many women are stressed out and stretched to the breaking point. To prevent such stress, both husband and wife should prayerfully reorder their priorities and follow the Bible's instructions on their roles.

Conflicts regarding the division of labor in a marriage are bound to occur, but if both partners are submitted to Christ, these conflicts will be minimal. If a couple finds arguments over this issue are frequent and vehement, or if arguments seem to characterize the marriage, the problem is a spiritual one. In such an instance, the partners should recommit themselves to prayer and submission to Christ first, then to one another in an attitude of love and respect.

A husband and wife should be equally yoked.

To yoke means to "join together." Stronger words used in the definition include to "bind" or "tie." In Genesis 2:24 (NIV), the first husband and wife are described as being united and becoming "one flesh." In a nut shell both are Christians.

ANSWER # 3 SAME BUT WORDED A BIT DIFFERENT

The Bible does not lay out a step-by-step order for family relationship priorities. However, we can still look to the Scriptures and find general principles for prioritizing our family relationships. God obviously comes first: Deuteronomy 6:5, "Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength." All of one's heart, soul, and strength is to be committed to loving God, making Him the first priority.

If you are married, your spouse comes next. A married man is to love his wife as Christ loved the church (Ephesians 5:25). Christ's first priority-after obeying and glorifying the Father-was the church. Here is an example a husband should follow: God first, then his wife. In the same way, wives are to submit to their husbands "as to the Lord" (Ephesians 5:22). The principle is that a woman's husband is second only to God in her priorities.

If husbands and wives are second only to God in our priorities, and since a husband and wife are one flesh (Ephesians 5:31), it stands to reason that the result of the marriage relationship-children-should be the next priority. Parents are to raise godly children who will be the next generation of those who love the Lord with all their hearts (Proverbs 22:6; Ephesians 6:4), showing once again that God comes first. All other family relationships should reflect that.

Deuteronomy 5:16 tells us to honor our parents so that we may live long and so things will go well with us. No age limit is specified, which leads us to believe that as long as our parents are alive, we should honor them. Of course, once a child reaches adulthood, he is no longer obligated to obey them ("Children, obey your parents..."), but there is no age limit to honoring them. We can conclude from this that parents are next in the list of priorities after God, our spouses, and our children. After parents comes the rest of one's family (1 Timothy 5:8).

Following one's extended family in the list of priorities are fellow believers. Romans 14 tells us not to judge or look down upon our brothers (v. 10) or do anything to cause a fellow Christian to "stumble" or fall spiritually. Much of the book of 1 Corinthians is Paul's instructions on how the church should live together in harmony, loving one another. Other exhortations referring to our brothers and sisters in Christ are "serve one another in love" (Galatians 5:13); "be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you" (Ephesians 4:32); "encourage one another and build each other up" (1 Thessalonians 5:11); and "consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds (Hebrews 10:24). Finally comes the rest of the world (Matthew 28:19), to whom we should bring the gospel, making disciples of Christ.

In conclusion, the scriptural order of priorities is God, spouse, children, parents, extended family, brothers and sisters in Christ, and then the rest of the world. While sometimes decisions must be made to focus on one person over another, the goal is to not be neglecting any of our relationships. The biblical balance is allowing God to empower us to meet all of our relationship priorities, inside and outside our families.

Answer 4

Ps:11:3: If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

Marriage is the foundation for the home in which the children can find safety and happiness, so if you destroy the foundation, what will happen to the house(family)? It would be like the house built on the sand without a proper foundation in that when trouble comes the house will not survive, bot on the other hand the house built on a foundation will weather many storms.

Answer 5

The basic principle for the headship arrangement is set out @ 1st corinthians chapter 11 verse 3, "the head of every man is christ; in turn the head of every woman is man; in turn the head of the christ is god."

Answer:

In Islam the order is this: God, Mother (with triple emphasis), Father, Spouse and Children, extended relatives.

A man and woman have equality with respect to rights. If the husband disobeys God, then the wife is obligated to disobey his command to do the same.

Answer 6

Matthew 6:33 "Seek ye first the kingdom of God..."

Psalm 118:8

Answer 7

In Matthew 5-7 there is a topic on that. It is the most famous (to Christians) and most infamous (to atheists) sermons. EVER......... It is known as the sermon on the mount.