Topic
Healthy Relationships
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For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
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 →
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.
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
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 the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →
And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: — read the full passage →
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
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 ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
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 when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit 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 provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; 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 bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of 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 in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; — read the full passage →
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →
For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
And if one prevail against him, 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 labour.
And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
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?
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
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 →
Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. — read the full passage →
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? — read the full passage →
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. — read the full passage →
For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord 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 should abstain from fornication: — read the full passage →
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things 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 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:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, — read the full passage →
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
And above all these things put on charity, 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 →
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. — read the full passage →
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering 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.
Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto 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 is also vanity.
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
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