Marriage And Family

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

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

And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

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

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

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 →

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward. — read the full passage →

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

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 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.

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.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

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

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

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.

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

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

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. — read the full passage →

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.

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

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.

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.

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, — read the full passage →

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

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

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 the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. — read the full passage →

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 →

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

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.

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.

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 all that ye do be done in love.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

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.

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

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

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.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

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.

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

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

He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

We love, because he first loved us.

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

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

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

It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: — read the full passage →

Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

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.

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.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 →

Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth. — read the full passage →

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

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

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

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;

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.

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

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

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

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

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

So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.

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 →

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