Marriage And Children

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to 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 assembly, and gave himself up for it;

but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.

Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.

Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain. — read the full passage →

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.

Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

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

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

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

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

For I hate divorce”, says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with violence!” says Yahweh of Armies. “Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you don’t deal treacherously.

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

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

Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”

Yet you say, ‘Why?’ Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant. — read the full passage →

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of your house; your children like olive plants, around your table. — read the full passage →

“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, 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 kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons shall marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

Give her of the fruit of her hands! Let her works praise her in the gates!

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Let servants 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 through Christ, who strengthens me.

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

Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, 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. Cling to that which is good.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,

So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”

He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon. — read the full passage →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.

If a man prevails against one who 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 →

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be assigned any business. He shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them. — read the full passage →

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

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

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;

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

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

Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.

Let the husband render to his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

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

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

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.

He answered, “Haven’t you 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 browses among the lilies.

“There are three things which are too amazing for me, four which I don’t understand: — read the full passage →

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives 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.

Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man? — read the full passage →

House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.

A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.

Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.

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

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