Marriage
Core Verses42
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.”
“and said, For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh ’”
“So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
“The LORD God also said, It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.””
“Yet you ask, Why? It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.”
“Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.”
“Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.”
“Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”
“But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.”
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her”
“Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.”
“For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.”
“A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.”
“To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.”
“The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.”
“Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?”
“In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.”
“Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.”
“He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.”
“A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.”
“For I hate divorce, says the LORD, the God of Israel. He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence, says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.”
“Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun — all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.”
“And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.”
“So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.”
“Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives”
“My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.”
“Jesus answered, Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female,”
“But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.”
“For your husband is your Maker — the LORD of Hosts is His name — the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.”
“who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.”
“Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.”
“Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.”
“They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.”
“An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.”
“to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.”
“Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,”
“A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.”
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