About Marriages

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — 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 marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.

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 →

But from the beginning of the creation, Male and female made he them. — 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 →

House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — read the full passage →

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. — read the full passage →

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 →

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

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 →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. — 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 →

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →

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 →

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.

It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: — read the full passage →

if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.

Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

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. — 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.

and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. — read the full passage →

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

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 →

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.

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 →

Yet if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart: the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us in peace.

And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? — read the full passage →

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 →

And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ;

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

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.

Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

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 →

When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be charged with any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he hath taken.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

from whom all the body fitly framed and knit together through that which every joint supplieth, according to the working in due measure of each several part, maketh the increase of the body unto the building up of itself in love.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

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.

Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation that hath no shame; — 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 →

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; — read the full passage →

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 →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →

and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

Let all that ye do be done in love.

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her:

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.

and great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there. — read the full passage →

Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil.

For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee; and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

A man’s heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.

Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

I waited patiently for Jehovah; And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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 →

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. — read the full passage →

and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh. — 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.

For there are eunuchs, that were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are eunuchs, that were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, that made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judæa beyond the Jordan; — read the full passage →

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery: — read the full passage →