Genesis 2: | 18: And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. 19: And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. 20: And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. 21: And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22: And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23: And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 24: Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
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Proverbs 18: | 22: Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD. |
Marriage, in short, was ordained by the Almighty to typify Yeshua the Messiah's spiritual union with the Church, a partnership which is about to commence in the very near future and which will continue for all time. Understanding and living by this basic truth will pave the way to a happy marriage.
Romans 7: | 1: Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
2: For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. |
1 Cor.7: | 39: The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. |
Genesis 2: | 18: And the Lord God said, It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. |
Exodus 20: | 14: Thou shalt not commit adultery.
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Leviticus 18: | 20: Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's
wife, to defile thyself with her.
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Proverbs 6: | 32: But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. |
Isaiah 34: | 16: Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read, Not one of
these things shall fail ...
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2 Timothy 2: | 15: Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. |
Ezra 9: | 12: Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither
take their daughters unto your sons ...
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Nehemiah 10: | 30: And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of
the land, nor take their daughters for our sons.
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Nehemiah 13: | 25: And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain
of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God,
saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take
their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
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2 Corinthians 6: | 14: Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? |
1 Corinthians 7: | 2: To avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let
every woman have her own husband.
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1 Corinthians 6: | 9: Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom
of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters,
nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves
with mankind,(homosexuals) 10: Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God." |