Matthew 19:10

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The disciples said to him, "If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry."

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  • Gen 2:18 : 18 Then the LORD God said, 'It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is suitable for him.'
  • Prov 5:15-19 : 15 Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well. 16 Should your springs be scattered abroad, your streams of water in the public squares? 17 Let them be yours alone, and not for strangers with you. 18 May your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth. 19 A loving doe, a graceful deer—may her breasts satisfy you always, and may you always be captivated by her love.
  • Prov 18:22 : 22 He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
  • Prov 19:13-14 : 13 A foolish son is a disaster to his father, and a nagging wife is like constant dripping. 14 Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
  • Prov 21:9 : 9 It is better to live on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a contentious wife.
  • Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and angry wife.
  • 1 Cor 7:1-2 : 1 Now concerning the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 But because of sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
  • 1 Cor 7:8 : 8 To the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to remain as I am.
  • 1 Cor 7:26-28 : 26 Because of the present distress, I think it is good for a person to remain as they are. 27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife. 28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
  • 1 Cor 7:32-35 : 32 I want you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs—how he can please the Lord. 33 But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife. 34 And his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs. Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband. 35 I am saying this for your benefit, not to restrict you, but so that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.
  • 1 Cor 7:39-40 : 39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, only in the Lord. 40 Yet in my opinion, she is happier if she remains as she is—and I think that I too have the Spirit of God.
  • 1 Tim 4:3 : 3 They will forbid marriage and require abstinence from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
  • 1 Tim 5:11-15 : 11 But refuse to enroll younger widows, for when their physical desires draw them away from Christ, they desire to marry, 12 and they bring judgment on themselves for breaking their first pledge. 13 At the same time, they also learn to be idle, going around from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things they should not. 14 Therefore, I desire that younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander. 15 For some have already turned away to follow Satan.

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  • Matt 19:3-9
    7 verses
    84%

    3Some Pharisees came to him, testing him and asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"

    4He answered, "Have you not read that the Creator, from the beginning, made them male and female?"

    5And he said, "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."

    6So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.

    7They said to him, "Why then did Moses command that a certificate of divorce be given and the woman sent away?"

    8He said to them, "Moses allowed you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts, but it was not this way from the beginning."

    9I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery. And whoever marries a divorced woman also commits adultery.

  • Mark 10:7-12
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    7'For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,'

    8'and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one.'

    9'Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.'

    10Back at the house, the disciples asked him again about this matter.

    11He told them, 'Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.'

    12And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.

  • Matt 19:11-12
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    11But he said to them, "Not everyone can accept this statement, but only those to whom it has been given."

    12For there are eunuchs who were born that way, there are eunuchs who were made that way by others, and there are eunuchs who made themselves that way for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone who can accept this accept it.

  • Luke 16:18
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    18Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

  • Luke 20:33-35
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    33So in the resurrection, whose wife will she be, since all seven were married to her?

    34Jesus replied to them, 'The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.

    35But those who are considered worthy to take part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

  • Matt 5:31-32
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    31It has been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'

    32But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery. And anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

  • 1 Cor 7:8-12
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    8To the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to remain as I am.

    9But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

    10To the married I give this command—not I, but the Lord: A wife must not separate from her husband.

    11But if she does, she must remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

    12To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.

  • 1 Cor 7:38
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    38So then, the one who marries the virgin does right, but the one who does not marry her does better.

  • Mark 10:2
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    2Some Pharisees approached him to test him, asking, 'Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?'

  • Luke 18:29
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    29Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, no one who has left house, parents, brothers, wife, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God,

  • 1 Cor 7:26-29
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    26Because of the present distress, I think it is good for a person to remain as they are.

    27Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

    28But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.

    29This is what I mean, brothers and sisters: The time is short. From now on, those who have wives should live as if they do not.

  • Mark 10:29
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    29Jesus said, 'Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left home, brothers, sisters, father, mother, wife, children, or fields for my sake and for the gospel,

  • Deut 24:1
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    1If a man marries a woman but she does not find favor in his eyes because he finds something indecent about her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, give it to her, and send her away from his house.

  • Mark 10:4-5
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    4They replied, 'Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.'

    5Jesus said to them, 'He wrote this commandment for you because of the hardness of your hearts.'

  • Matt 22:30
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    30For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like the angels in heaven.'

  • Matt 22:25
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    25Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother.

  • Luke 14:20
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    20Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I cannot come.’

  • Mark 12:19
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    19'Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves behind a wife but no children, the man should marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.'

  • 1 Cor 7:1-2
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    1Now concerning the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

    2But because of sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

  • 1 Cor 7:36
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    36If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are strong and he feels it must be so, let him do as he wants. He is not sinning; they should marry.

  • Matt 14:4
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    4For John had been telling him, 'It is not lawful for you to have her.'

  • Mark 12:23
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    23'In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.'

  • Luke 20:28-29
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    28'Teacher,' they said, 'Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but has no children, the man should marry the widow to raise up offspring for his brother.'

    29Now there were seven brothers. The first married a wife and died childless.

  • Mark 12:25
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    25When people rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

  • Exod 21:10
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    10If he takes another wife, he must not diminish her food, clothing, or marital rights.