Wedlock

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

Let all that ye do be done in love.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

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

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 →

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

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

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.

And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.

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

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

For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee; and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

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 →

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 →

There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love. — read the full passage →

And withal they learn also to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. — read the full passage →

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 →

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

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

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

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

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, — read the full passage →

But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

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 new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — 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. — read the full passage →

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.

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

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.

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.

and great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there. — 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;

Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →

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

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

which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as it doth in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

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.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

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.

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.

Now in these days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. — read the full passage →

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew, hanging him on a tree.

Now when they beheld the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.

And as they spake unto the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, — read the full passage →

Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

A man’s heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.

There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him: — read the full passage →

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

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

Jehovah trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of Jehovah.

And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

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;

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins,

Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, — read the full passage →

As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. — read the full passage →

For ye bear with a man, if he bringeth you into bondage, if he devoureth you, if he taketh you captive, if he exalteth himself, if he smiteth you on the face.

And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess that believed; but his father was a Greek. — read the full passage →

But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.

And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles have lordship over them; and they that have authority over them are called Benefactors.

and great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul: — read the full passage →

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. — read the full passage →

Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

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 →

But if ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen. — read the full passage →

But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance made of sins year by year.

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