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Wanting To Get Married

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Genesis 2:18

Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

Proverbs 18:22

Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.

1 Corinthians 7:2

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

Genesis 2:24

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

Hebrews 13:4

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Matthew 19:4–6

He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 6:14

Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

1 Corinthians 7:9

But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn.

1 Timothy 5:14

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

Proverbs 19:14

House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.

Ephesians 5:22–33

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 31:10–11

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →

1 Peter 3:1–7

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word; — read the full passage →

Ephesians 5:31

“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”

Matthew 6:33

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

1 Corinthians 7:8–9

But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am. — read the full passage →

Song of Solomon 8:6–7

Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh. — read the full passage →

Ecclesiastes 4:9–10

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

1 Peter 3:7

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

Song of Solomon 3:4

I had scarcely passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, into the room of her who conceived me.

1 Corinthians 7:28

But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.

Ecclesiastes 4:9–12

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

Ruth 1:16–17

Ruth said, “Don’t entreat me to leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God; — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 7:36

But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn’t sin. Let them marry.

Proverbs 12:4

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

1 Corinthians 7:39

A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.

Isaiah 34:16

Search in the book of Yahweh, and read: not one of these will be missing. none will lack her mate. For my mouth has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them.

Proverbs 31:10–12

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →

Ephesians 5:25–33

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

Ruth 3:18

Then she said, “Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest, until he has finished the thing this day.”

Mark 10:6–9

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

Genesis 24:67

Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

1 Timothy 4:3

forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

1 Timothy 4:1–3

But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, — read the full passage →

Genesis 1:27–28

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 11:11

Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.

Matthew 5:32

but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.

Jeremiah 29:6

Take wives, and father sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and don’t be diminished.

Proverbs 31:10

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

Psalms 37:4

Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Genesis 2:22–24

Yahweh God made a woman from the rib which had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 13:4–7

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

1 Peter 4:8

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

1 Corinthians 7:36–38

But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn’t sin. Let them marry. — read the full passage →

Mark 10:9

What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”

Matthew 19:5

and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?’

Malachi 2:14–15

Yet you say, ‘Why?’ Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 31:10–31

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →

Song of Solomon 2:16

My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.

Ephesians 5:33

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Ephesians 5:25

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

1 Corinthians 13:4–8

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

Matthew 7:7–8

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. — read the full passage →

Song of Solomon 3:1–4

By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him. — read the full passage →

Colossians 3:18–19

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

Ecclesiastes 4:12

If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

1 Timothy 3:2

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

2 Corinthians 6:14–15

Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

1 Corinthians 7:2–9

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

1 Corinthians 7:1–9

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

Matthew 19:12

For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven’s sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it.”

Matthew 19:9

I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”

Matthew 19:6

So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”

Matthew 7:7

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

Malachi 2:16

For I hate divorce”, says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with violence!” says Yahweh of Armies. “Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you don’t deal treacherously.

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Deuteronomy 24:5

When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be assigned any business. He shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.

Genesis 29:18–20

Jacob loved Rachel. He said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.” — read the full passage →

Genesis 24:3–4

I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live. — read the full passage →

Revelation 11:1–19

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

1 John 4:8

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

1 Peter 3:1

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;

Colossians 3:14

Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

Colossians 3:12

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

Philippians 1:7

It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.

Ephesians 4:2–3

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love; — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 16:14

Let all that you do be done in love.

1 Corinthians 13:13

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 7:1–40

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

Romans 13:8

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Romans 12:9

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

John 15:12

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Luke 1:37

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

Proverbs 31:30

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

Proverbs 30:18–19

“There are three things which are too amazing for me, four which I don’t understand: — read the full passage →

Revelation 21:9

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb’s bride.”

Revelation 1:1

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

1 John 4:18–19

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love. — read the full passage →

1 John 4:16

We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

1 John 4:12

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

1 John 4:7–8

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God. — read the full passage →

1 John 2:19

They went out from us, but they didn’t belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.

1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.

1 Peter 3:1–2

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word; — read the full passage →

1 Thessalonians 4:3–5

For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality, — read the full passage →

Colossians 3:19

Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

Colossians 3:15

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

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