Married

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 →

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

And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. — 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; — read the full passage →

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 →

And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. — 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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest. — read the full passage →

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

Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

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

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.

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 →

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

But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Let brotherly love continue. — 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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. — read the full passage →

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

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

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

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.

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.

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.

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

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

And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: — read the full passage →

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 →

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

And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

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.

Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Zibiah of Beer–sheba. — read the full passage →

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

Let all your things be done with charity.

And he shall take a wife in her virginity. — read the full passage →

Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

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 →

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

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

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

And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise. — read the full passage →

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.

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

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

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 →

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

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

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.

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 →

A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.

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.

Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. — read the full passage →

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

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

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. — read the full passage →

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

Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.

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.

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? — read the full passage →