Topic
A Healthy Marriage
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Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →
But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband — read the full passage →
Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →
A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →
Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — read the full passage →
In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; — read the full passage →
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth adultery.
Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →
subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well. — read the full passage →
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord: — read the full passage →
Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →
In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; — read the full passage →
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh. — read the full passage →
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. — read the full passage →
Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — read the full passage →
And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. — read the full passage →
Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.
Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself: — read the full passage →
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →
And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him. — read the full passage →
Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. — read the full passage →
And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →
Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth. — read the full passage →
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →
who will render to every man according to his works: — read the full passage →
Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, That walketh in his ways. — read the full passage →
But from the beginning of the creation, Male and female made he them. — read the full passage →
For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.
House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah. — read the full passage →
I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.
whereunto he called you through our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →
And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.
A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →
And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. — read the full passage →
And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? trying him. — read the full passage →
Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →
for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →
And judge not, and ye shall not be judged: and condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: release, and ye shall be released:
casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.
For no word from God shall be void of power.
but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ;
When therefore it was evening, on that day, the firstdayof the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. — read the full passage →
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →
So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; — read the full passage →
Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.
The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach; — read the full passage →
subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. — read the full passage →
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. — read the full passage →
For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature: — read the full passage →
For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I espoused you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble: I will deliver him, and honor him.
Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them: — read the full passage →
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →
Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →
Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. — read the full passage →
There is nothing better for a manthanthat he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him. — read the full passage →
beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby. — read the full passage →
above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach; — read the full passage →
Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened. For our passover also hath been sacrificed, even Christ:
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s. — read the full passage →
So that with good courage we say, The Lord is my helper; I will not fear: What shall man do unto me?
Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge. — read the full passage →
And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
O praise Jehovah, all ye nations; Laud him, all ye peoples. — read the full passage →
Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.
Gather my saints together unto me, Those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;
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