Question maybe you misunderstood the question. the husband isn't abused the wife is. so why recommend getting the wife a book to read. What about the husbands responsibility for his actions. I just think you did not read the question or understand it at all.
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Husband goes to church, reads the Bible each nite, listens only to Christian Radio,etc....yet he is verbally/physically/emotionally abusive. He states that if his wife went to church more with him or if she didn't push the wrong "buttons" or whatever that he wouldn't treat her that way. When she asks is this what he is getting from the Bible or from Church but makes her responsible for his lack of control or his poor treatment of her due to the fact that she no longer wants to sit beside him in church. How does she respond to this with a logical and biblical response?
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Dear Kitye
I believe that the Bible commands that the wife is to be a servant to the husband and the Husband is to support and protect the wife. There are lots of religious books out there on how to repair marriages. Perhaps you could get her one to read.
Answer Dear Kitye
Perhaps you did not understand my answer. I personally feel that any woman that is being abused should seek help, including domestic violence protective orders. That is not what the Bible states, however. If you want a practical answer for what your friend wands to do, that is one thing. If you want what the Bible says, that is another. Personally I think the Bible is not very helpful when a woman is being abused by a Husband who is emotionally and perhaps mentally ill.
