Engagement

The two <FI>are<Fi> better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour.

and above all these things, <FI>have<Fi> love, which is a bond of the perfection,

And I have betrothed thee to Me to the age, And betrothed thee to Me in righteousness, And in judgment, and kindness, and mercies, — read the full passage →

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

Do two walk together if they have not met?

and they shall be--the two--for one flesh; so that they are no more two, but one flesh;

all things through him did happen, and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened.

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

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 →

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

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

Set me as a seal on thy heart, as a seal on thine arm, For strong as death is love, Sharp as Sheol is jealousy, Its burnings <FI>are<Fi> burnings of fire, a flame of Jah!

so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.'

Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;

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

and Jehovah saith unto him, `I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication with which thou hast made supplication before Me; I have hallowed this house that thou hast built to put My name there--unto the age, and Mine eyes and My heart have been there all the days.

Since thou wast precious in Mine eyes, Thou wast honoured, and I have loved thee, And I appoint men in thy stead, And peoples instead of thy life.

`When a man taketh a new wife, he doth not go out into the host, and <FI>one<Fi> doth not pass over unto him for anything; free he is at his own house one year, and hath rejoiced his wife whom he hath taken.

`And who <FI>is<Fi> the man that hath betrothed a woman, and hath not taken her? --let him go and turn back to his house, lest he die in battle, and another man take her.

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

because of the truth that is remaining in us, and with us shall be to the age,

for I am zealous for you with zeal of God, for I did betroth you to one husband, a pure virgin, to present to Christ,

And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken.

That this God <FI>is<Fi> our God--To the age and for ever, He--he doth lead us over death!

Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age <FI>is<Fi> His kindness. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah saith unto Abram, `Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee. — read the full passage →

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit,

According as the Father did love me, I also loved you, remain in my love;

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

And He calleth unto the man who is clothed with linen, who hath the scribe's inkhorn at his loins, and Jehovah saith unto him, `Pass on into the midst of the city, into the midst of Jerusalem, and thou hast made a mark on the foreheads of the men who are sighing and who are groaning for all the abominations that are done in its midst.'

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.

Dare any one of you, having a matter with the other, go to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — 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 →

having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them--to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

And He hath judged between the nations, And hath given a decision to many peoples, And they have beat their swords to ploughshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation doth not lift up sword unto nation, Nor do they learn any more--war.

and Thou hast given to Thy servant an understanding heart, to judge Thy people, to discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this Thy great people?'

`When there is a damsel, a virgin, betrothed to a man, and a man hath found her in a city, and lain with her;

These <FI>are<Fi> births of the heavens and of the earth in their being prepared, in the day of Jehovah God's making earth and heavens;

for what shall it profit a man, if he may gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

And having gone forth, Jesus departed from the temple, and his disciples came near to show him the buildings of the temple, — read the full passage →

Call unto Me, and I do answer thee, yea, I declare to thee great and fenced things--thou hast not known them.

Hearken, O daughter, and see, incline thine ear, And forget thy people, and thy father's house,

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

Followers of me become ye, as I also <FI>am<Fi> of Christ. — read the full passage →

Praise by David. I exalt Thee, my God, O king, And bless Thy name to the age and for ever. — read the full passage →

O the happiness of the nation whose God <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, Of the people He did choose, For an inheritance to Him. — read the full passage →

The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good; — read the full passage →

The whole He hath made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He hath put in their heart without which man findeth not out the work that God hath done from the beginning even unto the end.

that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, with might to be strengthened through His Spirit, in regard to the inner man, — read the full passage →