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Matthew 19:3-9
Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking,“ Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?”And He answered and said,“ Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female,and said,‘ For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, no person is to separate.”They* said to Him,“ Why, then, did Moses command to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away?”He* said to them,“ Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way.And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”
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Ephesians 5:28-31
So husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church,because we are parts of His body.For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.
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Mark 10:6-12
But from the beginning of creation, God created them male and female.For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother,and the two shall become one flesh; so they are no longer two, but one flesh.Therefore, what God has joined together, no person is to separate.”And in the house the disciples again began questioning Him about this.And He* said to them,“ Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her;and if she herself divorces her husband and marries another man, she is committing adultery.”
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Romans 7:2
For the married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he is alive; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law concerning the husband.
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1 Peter 3 1-1 Peter 3 7
In the same way, you wives, be subject to your own husbands so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be won over without a word by the behavior of their wives,as they observe your pure and respectful behavior.Your adornment must not be merely the external— braiding the hair, wearing gold jewelry, or putting on apparel;but it should be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.For in this way the holy women of former times, who hoped in God, also used to adorn themselves, being subject to their own husbands,just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; and you have proved to be her children if you do what is right without being frightened by any fear.You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
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1 Corinthians 6 16-1 Corinthians 6 17
Or do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For He says,“ The two shall become one flesh.”But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
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1 Corinthians 7 10-1 Corinthians 7 11
But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife is not to leave her husband( but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband is not to divorce his wife.
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Proverbs 31:10
An excellent wife, who can find her? For her worth is far above jewels.
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Malachi 2:14-16
Yet you say,“ For what reason?” Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your marriage companion and your wife by covenant.But not one has done so who has a remnant of the Spirit. And why the one? He was seeking a godly offspring. Be careful then about your spirit, and see that none of you deals treacherously against the wife of your youth.“ For I hate divorce,” says the Lord, the God of Israel,“ and him who covers his garment with violence,” says the Lord of armies.“ So be careful about your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.”
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Proverbs 12:4
An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, But she who shames him is like rottenness in his bones.
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1 Corinthians 7 2-1 Corinthians 7 4
But because of sexual immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband.The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise the wife also to her husband.The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise the husband also does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
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Psalms 45:10
Listen, daughter, look and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house;
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Deuteronomy 4:4
But you who clung to the Lord your God are alive today, every one of you.
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Genesis 31:14-15
Rachel and Leah said to him,“ Do we still have any share or inheritance in our father’s house?Are we not regarded by him as foreigners? For he has sold us, and has also entirely consumed our purchase price.
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1 Timothy 5 14
Therefore, I want younger widows to get married, have children, manage their households, and give the enemy no opportunity for reproach;
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Deuteronomy 10:20
You shall fear the Lord your God; you shall serve Him, and cling to Him, and you shall swear by His name.
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Acts 11:23
Then when he arrived and witnessed the grace of God, he rejoiced and began to encourage them all with resolute heart to remain true to the Lord;
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Leviticus 22:12-13
If a priest’s daughter is married to a layman, she shall not eat of the offering of the holy gifts.But if a priest’s daughter becomes a widow or divorced, and has no child and returns to her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat of her father’s food; but no layman shall eat of it.
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Genesis 24:58-59
Then they called Rebekah and said to her,“ Will you go with this man?” And she said,“ I will go.”So they sent away their sister Rebekah and her nurse with Abraham’s servant and his men.
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Joshua 23:8
But you are to cling to the Lord your God, as you have done to this day.