The Marriage Bed

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

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

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

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

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

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the 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;

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 →

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. — 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.

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

And God spake all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

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

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

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

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

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches. — read the full passage →

Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. — read the full passage →

Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. — read the full passage →

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

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.

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. — read the full passage →

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy 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.

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: — read the full passage →

All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →