Trust In Marriage

fear is not in the love, but the perfect love doth cast out the fear, because the fear hath punishment, and he who is fearing hath not been made perfect in the love;

honourable <FI>is<Fi> the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman, — read the full passage →

but I--I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

The heart of her husband hath trusted in her, And spoil he lacketh not.

and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

Thus said Jehovah: Cursed <FI>is<Fi> the man who doth trust in man, And hath made flesh his arm, And from Jehovah whose heart turneth.

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the man who trusteth in Jehovah, And whose confidence hath been Jehovah.

Kindness and truth have met, Righteousness and peace have kissed,

and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband: — read the full passage →

all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.

if, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful--the true who will entrust to you?

For <FI>I<Fi> hate sending away, said Jehovah, God of Israel, And He <FI>who<Fi> hath covered violence with his clothing, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And ye do not deal treacherously.

And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself--let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such <FI>cases<Fi> , and in peace hath God called us;

And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?'

but I--I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →

if any one is blameless, of one wife a husband, having children stedfast, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate--

And Jesus immediately, having heard the word that is spoken, saith to the chief of the synagogue, `Be not afraid, only believe.'

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

Who shall separate us from the love of the Christ? tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

A treasure to be desired, and oil, <FI>Is<Fi> in the habitation of the wise, And a foolish man swalloweth it up.

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

`For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing?

(The face of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> on doers of evil, To cut off from earth their memorial.) — read the full passage →

Trust not in princes--in a son of man, For he hath no deliverance. — read the full passage →

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord; — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper--as his counterpart.'

And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?' — read the full passage →

`And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce; — read the full passage →

The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the borrower to the lender.

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the man who trusteth in Jehovah, And whose confidence hath been Jehovah. — read the full passage →

Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life.

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

`But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves.

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

Fear of man causeth a snare, And the confident in Jehovah is set on high.

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

When thou passest into waters, I <FI>am<Fi> with thee, And into floods, they do not overflow thee, When thou goest into fire, thou art not burnt, And a flame doth not burn against thee.

Cause me to hear in the morning Thy kindness, For in Thee I have trusted, Cause me to know the way that I go, For unto Thee I have lifted up my soul.

The wise in any matter findeth good, And whoso is trusting in Jehovah, O his happiness.

and let him ask in faith, nothing doubting, for he who is doubting hath been like a wave of the sea, driven by wind and tossed,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

On God <FI>is<Fi> my salvation, and my honour, The rock of my strength, my refuge <FI>is<Fi> in God.

The day I am afraid I am confident toward Thee. — read the full passage →

<FI> Whoso<Fi> hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love, — read the full passage →

A virtuous woman <FI>is<Fi> a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones <FI>is<Fi> one causing shame.

By faith also Sarah herself did receive power to conceive seed, and she bare after the time of life, seeing she did judge Him faithful who did promise; — read the full passage →

And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He doth hear us,

and we--we have known and believed the love, that God hath in us; God is love, and he who is remaining in the love, in God he doth remain, and God in him.

so that we do boldly say, `The Lord <FI>is<Fi> to me a helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.'

And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made <FI>them<Fi> , from the beginning a male and a female made them, — read the full passage →

An imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace--peace! For in Thee it is confident.

what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'

look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?

And ye have said, `Wherefore?' Because Jehovah hath testified between thee And the wife of thy youth, That thou hast dealt treacherously against her, And she thy companion, and thy covenant-wife. — read the full passage →

Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,

He suffereth not thy foot to be moved, Thy preserver slumbereth not.

In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, I fear not what flesh doth to me.

for through faith we walk, not through sight--

And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken.

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies <FI>is<Fi> her price.

Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth, — read the full passage →

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart, — read the full passage →

Roll on Jehovah thy way, And trust upon Him, and He worketh,

They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah.

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, — read the full passage →

Whom have I in the heavens? And with Thee none I have desired in earth.

The day I am afraid I am confident toward Thee.

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them. — read the full passage →

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

An imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace--peace! For in Thee it is confident. — read the full passage →

House and wealth <FI>are<Fi> the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> an understanding wife.

Near <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to all those calling Him, To all who call Him in truth.

Trust in Jehovah, and do good, Dwell <FI>in<Fi> the land, and enjoy faithfulness,

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

so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife--himself he doth love;

Defraud not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence;

to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;

The grace <FI>is<Fi> false, and the beauty <FI>is<Fi> vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will--only in the Lord;

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering the spirits.

And Saul was assenting to his death, and there came in that day a great persecution upon the assembly in Jerusalem, all also were scattered abroad in the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles; — read the full passage →

Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God; — read the full passage →

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother; — read the full passage →