Finding A Husband

Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

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

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

Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

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

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

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

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi–bah, and thy land Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

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

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

Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. — read the full passage →

But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

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

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, — read the full passage →

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

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

What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

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

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.

Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

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.

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

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

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

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. — read the full passage →

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, — read the full passage →

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. — read the full passage →

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

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

And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan; — read the full passage →

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

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

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

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

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: — read the full passage →

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

That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? — read the full passage →

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. — read the full passage →

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: — read the full passage →

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, — read the full passage →

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. — read the full passage →

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

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