Sacrament Of Marriage

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

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

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

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 →

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

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 →

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

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 →

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

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

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

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

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. — 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 the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

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

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

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

This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →

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

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.

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.

When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. — read the full passage →

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 →

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

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. — read the full passage →

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.

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 fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: — read the full passage →

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. — read the full passage →

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.

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 →

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Let all your things be done with charity.

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

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

And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. — read the full passage →

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; — read the full passage →

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

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

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.

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

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

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

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? — read the full passage →

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 →

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 →

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.

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

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

And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.

Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.

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

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath–sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: — read the full passage →

Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: — read the full passage →

Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: — read the full passage →

Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. — read the full passage →

And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

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

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 Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. — read the full passage →

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.

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:

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 →

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? — read the full passage →

And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

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

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