About Marriages

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →

He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word; — read the full passage →

But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. — read the full passage →

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: 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 Yahweh.

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 you say, ‘Why?’ Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant. — read the full passage →

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

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

Yet you say, ‘Why?’ Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant. — read the full passage →

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

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them. — read the full passage →

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

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

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching; — read the full passage →

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

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”

“It was also said, ‘Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,’ — read the full passage →

if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.

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

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love; — read the full passage →

Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.” — read the full passage →

“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”

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

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

Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” — read the full passage →

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself. — read the full passage →

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us in peace.

Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?” — read the full passage →

Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh. — read the full passage →

Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

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

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.

Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.

But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband — read the full passage →

When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be assigned any business. He shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, 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, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.

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

Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

But, because of sexual immoralities, 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 →

Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, you nation that has no shame, — read the full passage →

Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.” — read the full passage →

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.

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

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence; — read the full passage →

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching; — read the full passage →

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

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

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Let all that you do be done in love.

Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.

What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”

He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there. — read the full passage →

“Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill.

For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons shall marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.

Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry.

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

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

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word; — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on 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 by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.

But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn.

Let the husband render to his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. — read the full passage →

and the two will become one flesh,so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. — read the full passage →

Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven’s sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it.”

So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”

Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan. — read the full passage →

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery;’ — read the full passage →