Finding A Husband

Seek ye out of the book of Jehovah, and read: no one of these shall be missing, 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 favor of Jehovah.

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

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

Wait for Jehovah: Be strong, and let thy heart take courage; Yea, wait thou for Jehovah.

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

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

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

A worthy woman who can find? 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 count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

A worthy woman who can find? 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 Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

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.

Delight thyself also in Jehovah; And he will give thee the desires of thy heart.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

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

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

Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk,—that ye abound more and more. — read the full passage →

And as for you, the anointing which ye received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any one teach you; but as his anointing teacheth you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, ye abide in him.

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

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 →

God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

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.

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

Or 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 men, — read the full passage →

but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

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

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

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

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

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

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

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 canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you.

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

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.

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.

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

and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?

It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: — 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.

let us hold fast the confession of our hope that it waver not; for he is faithful that promised:

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

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

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.

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;

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 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 →

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

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

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 →

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 →

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

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

But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband

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

and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

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

in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;

Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.

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

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 →

For I would have you know how greatly I strive 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 pain and thy conception; in pain 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: Give thanks unto him, and bless his name.

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

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

but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

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

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

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — 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 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.

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

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

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart: — read the full passage →

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.

that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

Masters, render 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 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? — read the full passage →

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

Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth. — read the full passage →

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

There are 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 it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, — read the full passage →

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

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

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 →

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

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the 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 up for it; — read the full passage →