Unhappy Marriages

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

Yet if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart: the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us in peace.

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.

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;

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

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

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

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.

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

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 →

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting. — read the full passage →

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.

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

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

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — 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 →

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.

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

It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

So then if, while the husband liveth, she be joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if the husband die, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be joined to another man.

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

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

My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

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

Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

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

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

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

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

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 he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her: — read the full passage →

knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery: — 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; — read the full passage →

These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

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

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

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

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

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 →

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.

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice.

For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I rejoice therefore over you: but I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple unto that which is evil.

because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:

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

And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — 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.

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 →

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.

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

For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O husband, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

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

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

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. — 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 →

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

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

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

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears unto their supplication: But the face of the Lord is upon them that do evil.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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 →

For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man: — read the full passage →

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

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

Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. — 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.

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.

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 →

Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.

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 birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

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

in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them.

for, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put her away? — read the full passage →

Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Brethren, let each man, wherein he was called, therein abide with God.

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

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