Marriage And Children

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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

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

But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

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

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. — read the full passage →

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

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

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.

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. — read the full passage →

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

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

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

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

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.

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

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

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. — read the full passage →

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.

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. — read the full passage →

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; — read the full passage →

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. — read the full passage →

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

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.

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.

Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

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:

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

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; — read the full passage →

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

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.

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

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. — read the full passage →

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

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

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. — read the full passage →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

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. — read the full passage →

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. — read the full passage →

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

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

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.

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; — read the full passage →

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

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.

Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. — read the full passage →

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

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: — read the full passage →

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? — read the full passage →

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.