Marriages

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

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

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

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

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

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.

The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know 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.

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 it is fit in the Lord. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.

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

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

Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. — read the full passage →

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

For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

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 →

And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there. — read the full passage →

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.

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

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

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

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

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 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.

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

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

And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.

If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

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 →

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

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. — read the full passage →

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

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

What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? — read the full passage →

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

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.

And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand. — read the full passage →

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. — read the full passage →

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.

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.

And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.

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; — read the full passage →

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

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

Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

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

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

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

For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things 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.

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.

And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

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.

Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; — read the full passage →

Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

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

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

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

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 →

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

Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God. — read the full passage →

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: — read the full passage →

Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

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

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.

Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. — read the full passage →

And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. — read the full passage →

For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.

For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her.

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →

For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.

And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord.

Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest mine.

Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:

Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: