Finding Your Mate

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

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

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

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

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope. — read the full passage →

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

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;

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

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!

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;

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

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

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

Thy wife <FI>is<Fi> as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as olive plants around thy table.

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.

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

From Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> the steps of a man, They have been prepared, And his way he desireth.

For He hath satisfied a longing soul, And a hungry soul hath filled <FI>with<Fi> goodness.

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.

And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He doth hear us,

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

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

`Many <FI>are<Fi> the daughters who have done worthily, Thou hast gone up above them all.'

and Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> He who is going before thee, He himself is with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee; fear not, nor be affrighted.'

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

Causing the barren one of the house to sit, A joyful mother of sons; praise ye Jah!

For yet the vision <FI>is<Fi> for a season, And it breatheth for the end, and doth not lie, If it tarry, wait for it, For surely it cometh, it is not late.

For a sun and a shield <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah God, Grace and honour doth Jehovah give. He withholdeth not good To those walking in uprightness.

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.

And ye have said, `Wherefore?' Because Jehovah hath testified between thee And the wife of thy youth, That thou hast dealt treacherously against her, And she thy companion, and thy covenant-wife. — read the full passage →

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

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

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 →

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;

and it cometh to pass, because the midwives have feared God, that He maketh for them households;

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

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won, — read the full passage →

Look unto Jehovah--be strong, And He doth strengthen thy heart, Yea, look unto Jehovah!

and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

`Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.

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

Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, And a tree of life <FI>is<Fi> the coming desire.

Her mouth she hath opened in wisdom, And the law of kindness <FI>is<Fi> on her tongue.

To appoint to mourners in Zion, To give to them beauty instead of ashes, The oil of joy instead of mourning, A covering of praise for a spirit of weakness, And He is calling to them, `Trees of righteousness, The planting of Jehovah--to be beautified.'

I had not believed to look on the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living!

A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually.

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

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 →

It is not said of thee any more, `Forsaken!' And of thy land it is not said any more, `Desolate,' For to thee is cried, `My delight <FI>is<Fi> in her,' And to thy land, `Married,' For Jehovah hath delighted in thee, And thy land is married. — read the full passage →

Desist, and know that I <FI>am<Fi> God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, — read the full passage →

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

and all--as much as ye may ask in the prayer, believing, ye shall receive.'

for as the woman <FI>is<Fi> of the man, so also the man <FI>is<Fi> through the woman, and the all things <FI>are<Fi> of God.

`Blessed art thou above all the peoples, there is not in thee a barren man or a barren woman--nor among your cattle;

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

There hath been upon me a hand of Jehovah, and He taketh me forth in the Spirit of Jehovah, and doth place me in the midst of the valley, and it is full of bones, — read the full passage →

The feared thing of the wicked it meeteth him, And the desire of the righteous is given.

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

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 →

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; — read the full passage →

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

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

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

And the God of all grace, who did call you to His age-during glory in Christ Jesus, having suffered a little, Himself make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle <FI>you<Fi> ;

But a little I passed on from them, Till I found him whom my soul hath loved! I seized him, and let him not go, Till I brought him in unto the house of my mother--And the chamber of her that conceived me.

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

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.

No weapon formed against thee prospereth, And every tongue rising against thee, In judgment thou condemnest. This <FI>is<Fi> the inheritance of the servants of Jehovah, And their righteousness from me, an affirmation of Jehovah!

`And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce; — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. Jehovah doth answer thee, In a day of adversity, The name of the God of Jacob doth set thee on high, — read the full passage →

and the man saith, `This <FI>is<Fi> the <FI>proper<Fi> step! bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!' for this it is called Woman, for from a man hath this been taken;

On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not! — read the full passage →

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

wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day; — read the full passage →

who--not of blood nor of a will of flesh, nor of a will of man but--of God were begotten.

but from the beginning of the creation, a male and a female God did make them; — read the full passage →

And all the people who <FI>are<Fi> in the gate say--also the elders--`Witnesses! Jehovah make the woman who is coming in unto thy house as Rachel and as Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; and do thou virtuously in Ephrathah, and proclaim the Name in Beth-Lehem; — read the full passage →

Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. — read the full passage →

And seek the peace of the city whither I have removed you, and pray for it unto Jehovah, for in its peace ye have peace. — read the full passage →

And David is stronger than the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smiteth the Philistine, and putteth him to death, and there is no sword in the hand of David, — read the full passage →

`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 a great rabble also hath gone up with them, and flock and herd--very much cattle. — read the full passage →

And to the man He said, `Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed <FI>is<Fi> the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life,

And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made <FI>them<Fi> , from the beginning a male and a female made them, — read the full passage →

Counsel in the heart of a man <FI>is<Fi> deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up. — read the full passage →

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; — read the full passage →

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

and another said, A wife I married, and because of this I am not able to come. — read the full passage →

and I fear, lest, as the serpent did beguile Eve in his subtilty, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that <FI>is<Fi> in the Christ;

and hast seen in the captivity a woman of fair form, and hast delighted in her, and hast taken to thee for a wife, — read the full passage →

And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord; — read the full passage →

for there are eunuchs who from the mother's womb were so born; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who kept themselves eunuchs because of the reign of the heavens: he who is able to receive <FI> it<Fi> --let him receive.'