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

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 fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

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

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

Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.

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

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

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

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

Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any 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 with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

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

Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. — read the full passage →

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? — read the full passage →

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. — read the full passage →

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

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

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

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

But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. — read the full passage →

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

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

I would they were even cut off which trouble you.

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

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

And the Lord 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 →

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

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

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

And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. — read the full passage →

And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

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

For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.

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

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.

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

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

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

Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore.

Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.

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.

But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.

And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, — read the full passage →

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

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

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

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.

And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; — read the full passage →

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 not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: — read the full passage →

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

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

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

And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

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

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

And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.

Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!

The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.

Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. — read the full passage →

They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

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

Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. — read the full passage →

Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; — read the full passage →

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: — read the full passage →

And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry. — read the full passage →

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →