Marriage And Children

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators 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 birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: 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 up for it;

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.

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

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

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

Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain. — read the full passage →

Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

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

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.

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

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

Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men.

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

But from the beginning of the creation, Male and female made he them. — read the full passage →

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;

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

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.

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

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

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

But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.

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

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

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.

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

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

Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth adultery.

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

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is 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 labor.

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy 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 cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.

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

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. — read the full passage →

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

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

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.

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.

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 works praise her in the gates.

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;

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

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

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

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

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

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

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

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 hypocrisy. 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 on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

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

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,

And Jesus went out thence, and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon. — read the full passage →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

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

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. — read the full passage →

Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; Buta woman that feareth Jehovah, 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 a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward. — read the full passage →

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

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.

And 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 begotten of God, and knoweth God.

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen.

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

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

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

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

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

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

Nevertheless, neither is the woman without the man, nor the man without the woman, in the Lord.

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

so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and severally members one of another.

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. — read the full passage →

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.

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

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 →

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

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

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

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

Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find? — read the full passage →

House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

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

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.