Marital Problems

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

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.

My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

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.

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

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.

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

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it?

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children; And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

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;

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

But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her. — read the full passage →

But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. — read the full passage →

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

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

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

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swalloweth it up.

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

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

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

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

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — 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 — read the full passage →

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

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.

For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee.

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

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

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 →

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.

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.

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.

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

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

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;

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

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 →

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

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

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

Let love of the brethren continue. — read the full passage →

and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works; — read the full passage →

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

Rejoice always; — read the full passage →

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

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

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 →

But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself unseemly toward his virgin daughter, if she be past the flower of her age, and if need so requireth, let him do what he will; he sinneth not; let them marry.

Was any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Hath any been called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

Yet if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart: the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us in peace.

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. — read the full passage →

So then if, while the husband liveth, she be joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if the husband die, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be joined to another man.

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my sayings, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, the same shall judge him in the last day.

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

For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee; and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:

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.

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: — read the full passage →

This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church.

proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord;

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. — read the full passage →

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.

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.

that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; — 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.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men;

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us.

whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

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

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

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

with all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,

for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;

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

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice: — read the full passage →

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — read the full passage →

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.

Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.

beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

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

The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.

In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;

Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself: — read the full passage →

Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;