Verse 38

So then both he that giveth his own virgin [daughter] in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better.

Referenced Verses

  • Heb 13:4 : 4 [ Let] marriage [be] had in honor among all, and [let] the bed [be] undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
  • 1 Cor 7:37 : 37 But he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power as touching in his own heart, to keep his own virgin [daughter], shall do well.
  • 1 Cor 7:1-2 : 1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
  • 1 Cor 7:8 : 8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
  • 1 Cor 7:26 : 26 I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, [namely], that it is good for a man to be as he is.
  • 1 Cor 7:32-34 : 32 But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord: 33 but he that is married is careful for the things of the world, how he may please his wife, 34 and is divided. [So] also the woman that is unmarried and the virgin is careful for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married is careful for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.