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Healthy Relationships
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For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
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 →
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.
above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;
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 Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.
Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.
A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →
and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works; — read the full passage →
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; — read the full passage →
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →
Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?
Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.
Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →
Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — read the full passage →
with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — read the full passage →
But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.
But the scripture shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. — read the full passage →
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
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 Jehovah appeared unto him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; — read the full passage →
House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →
For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? or am I striving to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.
Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.
He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:
And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;
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?
Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward.
But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? — read the full passage →
Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →
and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.
For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.
A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.
For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. — read the full passage →
whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;
Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →
Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own; — read the full passage →
Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.
Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →
subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;
And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him. — read the full passage →
For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication; — read the full passage →
If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men.
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Honor thy father and thy mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up.
Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new. — read the full passage →
and great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
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;
Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, — read the full passage →
For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.
Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.
Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;
but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ;
Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.
and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.
When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold, thy son! — read the full passage →
Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husbandalso, and he praiseth her, saying: — read the full passage →
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.
Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.
For no word from God shall be void of power.
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