Monogamy

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

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

Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

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

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

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

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

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

and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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 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 →

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.

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

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 →

And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time.

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

Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

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.

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 the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. — 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 above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.

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

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.

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

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

If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

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

He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.

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

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s.

And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

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

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

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 →

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 →

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

Let all that ye do be done in love.

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.

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

if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.

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

But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

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

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

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

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

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

And this again ye do: ye cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, neither receiveth it with good will at your hand. — read the full passage →

Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?

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

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart: — read the full passage →

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband — read the full passage →

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.

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

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.

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

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. — read the full passage →

And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; For I lift up my soul unto thee.

And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. — read the full passage →

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

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

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.

Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. — read the full passage →

Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become one flesh.

Many waters cannot quench love, Neither can floods drown it: If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, He would utterly be contemned.

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; — read the full passage →

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

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; — read the full passage →

Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. — read the full passage →

who will render to every man according to his works: — read the full passage →

And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

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;