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

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

    5 And 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."

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

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

    8 He 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."

    9 I 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.'

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

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

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

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    11 But he said to them, "Not everyone can accept this statement, but only those to whom it has been given."

    12 For 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.

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

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    33 So in the resurrection, whose wife will she be, since all seven were married to her?

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

    35 But 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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    31 It has been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'

    32 But 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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    8 To the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to remain as I am.

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

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

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

    12 To 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.

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

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

  • 29 Jesus 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,

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    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.

    29 This 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.

  • 29 Jesus 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,

  • 1 If 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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    4 They replied, 'Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.'

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

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

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

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

  • 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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    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.

  • 36 If 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.

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

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

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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.'

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

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

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