Choosing A Mate

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness?

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies <FI>is<Fi> her price. — read the full passage →

The grace <FI>is<Fi> false, and the beauty <FI>is<Fi> vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.

Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than <FI>with<Fi> a woman of contentions and anger.

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman, — read the full passage →

Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.

<FI> Whoso<Fi> hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

because the mind of the flesh <FI>is<Fi> enmity to God, for to the law of God it doth not subject itself,

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

Do two walk together if they have not met?

Hear counsel and receive instruction, So that thou art wise in thy latter end.

but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'

House and wealth <FI>are<Fi> the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> an understanding wife.

the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

and I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these. — read the full passage →

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

Without counsel <FI>is<Fi> the making void of purposes, And in a multitude of counsellors it is established.

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife--himself he doth love;

Cease, my son, to hear instruction--To err from sayings of knowledge.

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

A Song of the Ascents, by Solomon. If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked.

A virtuous woman <FI>is<Fi> a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones <FI>is<Fi> one causing shame.

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;

Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field--go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.

as Sarah was obedient to Abraham, calling him `sir,' of whom ye did become daughters, doing good, and not fearing any terror.

And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance <FI>is<Fi> in a multitude of counsellors.

if any one is blameless, of one wife a husband, having children stedfast, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate--

A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent <FI>is<Fi> easy.

A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will--only in the Lord;

`Be agreeing with thy opponent quickly, while thou art in the way with him, that the opponent may not deliver thee to the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and to prison thou mayest be cast, — read the full passage →

Mighty <FI>is<Fi> the wise in strength, And a man of knowledge is strengthening power,

and it hath been, the young person unto whom I say, Incline, I pray thee, thy pitcher, and I drink, and she hath said, Drink, and I water also thy camels) --her Thou hast decided for Thy servant, for Isaac; and by it I know that Thou hast done kindness with my lord.'

Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war.

For the law having a shadow of the coming good things--not the very image of the matters, every year, by the same sacrifices that they offer continually, is never able to make perfect those coming near, — read the full passage →

Who <FI>is<Fi> as the wise? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? The wisdom of man causeth his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper--as his counterpart.'

honourable <FI>is<Fi> the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

And it cometh to pass, in the days of the judging of the judges, that there is a famine in the land, and there goeth a man from Beth-Lehem-Judah to sojourn in the fields of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

Seek out of the book of Jehovah, and read, One of these hath not been lacking, None hath missed its companion, For My mouth--it hath commanded, And His spirit--He hath gathered them.

As a lily among the thorns, — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

`Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies <FI>is<Fi> her price.

And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

mighty works also--not common--was God working through the hands of Paul,

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →

Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth; — read the full passage →

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord; — read the full passage →

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

with a price ye were bought, become not servants of men;

and if they have not continence--let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

Because of this I say to you, all whatever--praying--ye do ask, believe that ye receive, and it shall be to you.

And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?' — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

and now there doth remain faith, hope, love--these three; and the greatest of these <FI>is<Fi> love.

all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.

for what, hast thou known, O wife, whether the husband thou shalt save? or what, hast thou known, O husband, whether the wife thou shalt save?

And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself--let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such <FI>cases<Fi> , and in peace hath God called us;

and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband:

for I wish all men to be even as I myself <FI>am<Fi> ; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus.

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;

but I--I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

As the chorus of `Mahanaim.' How beautiful were thy feet with sandals, O daughter of Nadib. The turnings of thy sides <FI>are<Fi> as ornaments, Work of the hands of an artificer. — read the full passage →

God--causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out bound ones into prosperity, Only--the refractory have inhabited a dry place.

And Abraham <FI>is<Fi> old, he hath entered into days, and Jehovah hath blessed Abraham in all <FI>things<Fi> ; — read the full passage →

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

for the sun did rise with the burning heat, and did wither the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the grace of its appearance did perish, so also the rich in his way shall fade away!

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

for this is the will of God--your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom, — read the full passage →

The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. — read the full passage →

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated, — read the full passage →

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I <FI>am<Fi> ;

Defraud not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence;

flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.