Verse 10

His disciples say vnto hym: If the matter be so betwene man and wyfe, then is it not good to mary.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 2:18 : 18 And the Lord God sayde: It is not good yt the man should be alone, I wyll make hym an helpe lyke vnto hym.
  • Prov 5:15-19 : 15 Drinke of the water of thyne owne well, and of the riuers that runne out of thyne owne spring. 16 Let thy welles flowe out abrode, that there may be riuers of waters in the streates: 17 But let them be onlye thyne owne, and not straungers with thee. 18 Let thy well be blessed, and be glad with the wyfe of thy youth. 19 Let her be as the louyng Hinde and pleasaunt Roe: let her breastes alway satisfie thee, and holde thee euer content with her loue.
  • Prov 18:22 : 22 Who so findeth a wyfe, findeth a good thing, and receaueth fauour of the Lorde.
  • Prov 19:13-14 : 13 An vndiscrete sonne is the heauinesse of his father, and a brawlyng wyfe is like the toppe of an house wherthrough it is euer dropping. 14 House and riches may a man haue by the heritage of his elders: but a discrete woman is the gyft of the Lorde.
  • Prov 21:9 : 9 It is better to dwel in a corner on the house toppe, then with a brawling woman in a wide house.
  • Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to dwell in the wyldernesse, then with a chydyng and an angrye woman.
  • 1 Cor 7:1-2 : 1 Nowe as concernyng the thinges wherof ye wrote vnto me, it is good for a man not to touche a woman. 2 Neuerthelesse, to auoyde fornication, let euery man haue his owne wyfe, and let euery woman haue her owne husband.
  • 1 Cor 7:8 : 8 I say therefore vnto them that be vnmaryed and wyddowes, it is good for them if they abyde euen as I.
  • 1 Cor 7:26-28 : 26 I suppose therfore that it is good for the present necessitie: for I say it is good for a man so to be. 27 Art thou bounde vnto a wife? seke not to be loosed: Art thou loosed from a wyfe? seke not a wyfe. 28 But and if thou marrie a wyfe, thou sinnest not, and if a virgin marrie, she hath not sinned: Neuerthelesse, such shall haue trouble in their fleshe, but I beare with you.
  • 1 Cor 7:32-35 : 32 I woulde haue you without care: He that is vnmaryed, careth for the thinges that belong to the Lorde, how he may please the Lorde: 33 But he that hath maryed awyfe, careth for the thinges that are of the worlde, how he may please his wyfe. 34 There is difference betweene a virgin and a wyfe: The vnmaryed woman careth for the thinges that are of the Lorde, that she may be holy both in body and in spirite: Againe she that is maryed careth for the thinges that pertayne to the world, how she may please her husbande. 35 This speake I for your profite, not to tangle you in a snare: but that ye may folowe that which is honest and comely, and that ye may cleaue fast vnto the Lorde without separation.
  • 1 Cor 7:39-40 : 39 The wyfe is bounde to the lawe as long as her husbande lyueth: but if her husband be dead, she is at libertie to marry with whom she wil, onely in the Lorde. 40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my iudgement: And I thinke veryly that I haue the spirite of God.
  • 1 Tim 4:3 : 3 Forbidding to marrie & commaunding to abstayne from meates whiche God hath created to be receaued with geuing thankes, of them whiche beleue, and knowe the trueth.
  • 1 Tim 5:11-15 : 11 But the yonger wydowes refuse: For whe they haue begun to waxe wanton agaynst Christe, they wyll marrie: 12 Hauyng dampnation, because they haue cast away their first fayth. 13 They learne to wander about from house to house idle: yea not idle only, but also tatlers and busybodies, speakyng thynges which are not comely. 14 I wyll therefore that the yonger women do marrie, to beare chyldren, to guyde the house, to geue none occasion to ye aduersarie to speake slaunderously. 15 For certaine of them are alredy turned backe after Satan.