Topic
The Marriage Bed
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Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →
Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth. — read the full passage →
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →
There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.
I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. — read the full passage →
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;
But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her. — read the full passage →
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved 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.
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.
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.
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.
Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →
For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the 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 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.
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But 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 →
But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
Now 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 transgressions.
Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?
I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, 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 a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
A gracious woman obtaineth honor; And violent men obtain riches. — read the full passage →
Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved. — read the full passage →
Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved. — read the full passage →
Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
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.
And the wolf 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 for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh — read the full passage →
All that which the Father giveth me shall come unto me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place. — read the full passage →
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