Bible Cross References
His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
Genesis 2:18
Then the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to live alone. I will make a suitable companion to help him."
Proverbs 5:15-19
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Be faithful to your own wife and give your love to her alone.
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Children that you have by other women will do you no good.
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Your children should grow up to help you, not strangers.
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So be happy with your wife and find your joy with the woman you married---
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pretty and graceful as a deer. Let her charms keep you happy; let her surround you with her love.
Proverbs 18:22
Find a wife and you find a good thing; it shows that the LORD is good to you.
Proverbs 19:13
Stupid children can bring their parents to ruin. A nagging wife is like water going drip-drip-drip.
Proverbs 19:14
A man can inherit a house and money from his parents, but only the LORD can give him a sensible wife.
Proverbs 21:9
Better to live on the roof than share the house with a nagging wife.
Proverbs 21:19
Better to live out in the desert than with a nagging, complaining wife.
1 Corinthians 7:1
Now, to deal with the matters you wrote about. A man does well not to marry.
1 Corinthians 7:2
But because there is so much immorality, every man should have his own wife, and every woman should have her own husband.
1 Corinthians 7:8
Now, to the unmarried and to the widows I say that it would be better for you to continue to live alone as I do.
1 Corinthians 7:26-28
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Considering the present distress, I think it is better for a man to stay as he is.
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Do you have a wife? Then don't try to get rid of her. Are you unmarried? Then don't look for a wife.
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But if you do marry, you haven't committed a sin; and if an unmarried woman marries, she hasn't committed a sin. But I would rather spare you the everyday troubles that married people will have.
1 Corinthians 7:32-35
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I would like you to be free from worry. An unmarried man concerns himself with the Lord's work, because he is trying to please the Lord.
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But a married man concerns himself with worldly matters, because he wants to please his wife;
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and so he is pulled in two directions. An unmarried woman or a virgin concerns herself with the Lord's work, because she wants to be dedicated both in body and spirit; but a married woman concerns herself with worldly matters, because she wants to please her husband.
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I am saying this because I want to help you. I am not trying to put restrictions on you. Instead, I want you to do what is right and proper, and to give yourselves completely to the Lord's service without any reservation.
1 Corinthians 7:39-35
1 Corinthians 7:40-35
1 Timothy 4:3
Such people teach that it is wrong to marry and to eat certain foods. But God created those foods to be eaten, after a prayer of thanks, by those who are believers and have come to know the truth.
1 Timothy 5:11-15
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But do not include younger widows in the list; because when their desires make them want to marry, they turn away from Christ,
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and so become guilty of breaking their earlier promise to him.
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They also learn to waste their time in going around from house to house; but even worse, they learn to be gossips and busybodies, talking of things they should not.
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So I would prefer that the younger widows get married, have children, and take care of their homes, so as to give our enemies no chance of speaking evil of us.
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For some widows have already turned away to follow Satan.