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He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah.

And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto her, and raise up seed to thy brother. — read the full passage →

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.

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward. — read the full passage →

For there are eunuchs, that were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are eunuchs, that were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, that made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own; — read the full passage →

But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. — read the full passage →

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed throughout their generations that hath a blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. — read the full passage →

That which hath its stones bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut, ye shall not offer unto Jehovah; neither shall ye do thus in your land.

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

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed throughout their generations that hath a blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. — read the full passage →

And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed throughout their generations that hath a blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. — read the full passage →

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.

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

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. — read the full passage →

And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

And ye shall serve Jehovah your God, and he will bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. — read the full passage →

Children’s children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.

My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding: — read the full passage →

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward.

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, — read the full passage →

And if men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart, and yet no harm follow; he shall be surely fined, according as the woman’s husband shall lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. — read the full passage →

But an angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza: the same is desert. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

I would that they that unsettle you would even go beyond circumcision. — read the full passage →

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

Neither let the foreigner, that hath joined himself to Jehovah, speak, saying, Jehovah will surely separate me from his people; neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. — read the full passage →

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, And to bea joyful mother of children. Praise ye Jehovah.

or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or is scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. — read the full passage →

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.

Neither let the foreigner, that hath joined himself to Jehovah, speak, saying, Jehovah will surely separate me from his people; neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. — read the full passage →

For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things: — read the full passage →

Wherefore my judgment is, that we trouble not them that from among the Gentiles turn to God; — read the full passage →

But he said unto them, Not all men can receive this saying, but they to whom it is given. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

I would that they that unsettle you would even go beyond circumcision.

but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

Only, as the Lord hath distributed to each man, as God hath called each, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all the churches.

Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.

and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.

and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. — read the full passage →

one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →

Wast thou called being a bondservant? care not for it: nay, even if thou canst become free, use it rather.

But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

But he said unto them, Not all men can receive this saying, but they to whom it is given. — read the full passage →

to whom the word of Jehovah came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write perverseness; — read the full passage →

An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; Anda liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: They shall not be put to shame, When they speak with their enemies in the gate.

Jehovah is high above all nations, And his glory above the heavens.

And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua; and he took her, and went in unto her.

And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth: and it was so.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. — read the full passage →

Unto them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. — read the full passage →

forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, — read the full passage →

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, — read the full passage →

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.

For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

My defence to them that examine me is this.

But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak. — read the full passage →

The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power over his own body, but the wife.

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

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

All things are lawful for me; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the power of any. — read the full passage →

What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, hath found according to the flesh? — read the full passage →

The God that made the world and all things therein, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; — read the full passage →

For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.

And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

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.

And if thy right eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell. — read the full passage →

to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table. — read the full passage →

Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain.

If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto her. — read the full passage →

and he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; he will also bless the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground, thy grain and thy new wine and thine oil, the increase of thy cattle and the young of thy flock, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am Jehovah.

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

And Onan knew that the seed would not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother. — read the full passage →

This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee: every male among you shall be circumcised. — read the full passage →

And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

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.

But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.