Malachi 2:15

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And did not he make one? yet had he aboundaunce of spiritie: And wherfore one? Because he sought a godly seede: therefore kepe your selues in your spirite, and let none transgresse against the wyfe of his youth.

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  • Matt 19:4-6 : 4 He aunswered and sayde vnto them: Haue ye not read, that he which created at the begynnyng, made them male and female, 5 And sayde: For this cause, shall a man leaue father and mother, and shall be knit to his wyfe: and they twayne shall be one fleshe. 6 Wherfore, they are no more twayne, but one fleshe. Let not man therefore put a sunder, that which God hath coupled together.
  • Gen 1:27 : 27 So God created man in his owne image, in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them.
  • 1 Cor 7:2 : 2 Neuerthelesse, to auoyde fornication, let euery man haue his owne wyfe, and let euery woman haue her owne husband.
  • 1 Cor 7:14 : 14 For the vnbeleuing husbande is sanctified by the wyfe, and the vnbeleuyng wyfe is sanctified by the husbande: els were your children vncleane, but nowe are they holy.
  • Gen 2:7 : 7 The Lorde God also dyd shape man, euen dust fro of the grounde, & breathed into his nosethrylles the breath of lyfe, and man was a lyuyng soule.
  • Gen 6:2 : 2 And the sonnes of God also sawe the daughters of men that they were fayre, & they toke them wyues, such as theyliked, from among them all.
  • Job 27:3 : 3 Whyle my breath is in me, and the winde that God hath geuen me is in my nostrels,
  • Prov 4:23 : 23 Kepe thyne heart with all diligence, for out of it issueth lyfe.
  • Prov 6:25 : 25 Lust not after her beautie in thyne heart, lest thou be taken with her fayre lokes.
  • Prov 7:25 : 25 Let not thyne heart wander in her wayes, and be not thou deceaued in her pathes.
  • Eccl 12:7 : 7 Then shall the dust be turned agayne vnto earth from whence it came, and the spirite shall returne vnto God who gaue it.
  • Jer 2:21 : 21 Wheras I planted thee a noble vine, and wholly a right seede: howe art thou turned then into a bitter vnfruitfull and straunge grape?
  • Hos 1:10 : 10 Yet the number of the chyldren of Israel shalbe as the sand of the sea, which can neither be measured nor tolde: and in the place where it was sayde vnto them, Ye are not my people: it shall be saide vnto them, Ye are the chyldren of the liuing God.
  • Mal 2:14 : 14 Yet ye say, wherin? Because the Lord hath ben witnesse betweene thee and thy wyfe of thy youth, against whom thou hast transgressed, yet is she thyne owne companion, and the wyfe of thy couenaunt.
  • Matt 5:28-29 : 28 But I say vnto you, that whosoeuer loketh on a woman, to luste after her, hath committed adultry with her alredy, in his heart. 29 If thy ryght eye offende thee, plucke it out, and cast it from thee. For better it is vnto thee, that one of thy members perishe, the that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
  • Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of the heart, proceade euyll thoughtes, murders, adulteries, whordomes, theftes, false witnesse, blasphemyes.
  • Gen 24:3-7 : 3 And I wyll make thee sweare by the Lorde God of heauen, and God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wyfe vnto my sonne of the daughters of the Chanaanites, amongest which I dwel: 4 But thou shalt go vnto my countrey, and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sonne Isahac. 5 But the seruaunt sayd vnto hym: peraduenture the woman wyll not agree to come with me vnto this lande, shall I bryng thy sonne againe vnto the land whiche thou cammest out of? 6 To whom Abraham aunswered: beware that thou bring not my sonne thyther agayne. 7 The Lorde God of heauen whiche toke me from my fathers house, & from the land of my kinred, and which spake vnto me, and that sware vnto me, saying, vnto thy seede wyll I geue this lande: he shall sende his angell before thee, and thou shalt take a wyfe vnto my sonne from thence.
  • Gen 24:44 : 44 And she say to me, Drinke thou, and I wyll also drawe for thy Camelles: let the same be the woman whom the Lorde hath prepared for my maisters sonne.
  • Gen 26:34-35 : 34 Esau was fourtie yere olde, & he toke a wyfe called Iudith, the daughter of Beeri an Hethite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon, an Hethite also. 35 Which were disobedient vnto Isahac and Rebecca.
  • Gen 27:46 : 46 And Rebecca spake to Isahac: I am weery of my lyfe for the daughters of Heth. Yf Iacob take a wyfe of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the lande, what good shall my lyfe do me?
  • Gen 28:2-4 : 2 Arise, and get thee to Mesopotamia, to the house of Bethuel thy mothers father, and there take thee a wyfe of the daughters of Laban thy mothers brother. 3 And God almyghtie blesse thee, and make thee to encrease, & multiplie thee, that thou mayest be a number of people: 4 And geue the blessing of Abraham vnto thee, and to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest receaue to inherite ye lande wherein thou art a straunger, whiche God gaue vnto Abraham.
  • Deut 7:4 : 4 For they wyll deceaue thy sonne, that he shoulde not folowe me, and they shal serue straunge gods: and then wyll the wrath of the Lorde waxe hot agaynst thee, and destroy thee sodenly.
  • Ezra 9:4 : 4 And there resorted vnto me all such as feared the wordes of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of the people of the captiuitie: And I sat mourning vntill the euening sacrifice.
  • Neh 13:24 : 24 And their children spake halfe in the speach of Asdod, and could not speake in the Iewes language, but according to the language of the one people and of the other people.
  • Gen 2:20-24 : 20 And the man gaue names to all cattell, and foule of the ayre, & euery beast of the fielde: but for man founde he not an helpe lyke vnto hym. 21 The Lord God caused a deepe sleepe to fall vpon Adam, and he slept, and he toke one of his ribbes, and closed vp the place with fleshe in steade therof. 22 And the ribbe which the lord god had taken from man, made he a woman, & brought her vnto the man. 23 And man saide: this is nowe bone of my bones, and fleshe of my fleshe, she shalbe called woman, because she was taken out of man. 24 For this cause shall man leaue his father and his mother, and shalbe ioyned with his wyfe: and they shall become one fleshe.
  • Mark 10:6-8 : 6 But from the begynnyng of the creation, God made them male & female. 7 And sayde for this cause shall a man leaue his father and mother, and byde by his wyfe: 8 And they twayne shalbe one fleshe. So then are they no more twayne, but one fleshe.
  • John 20:22 : 22 And when he had saide those wordes, he breathed on them, & saith vnto them: Receaue ye the holy ghost.
  • Acts 3:25 : 25 Ye are the chyldren of the prophetes, and of the couenaunt which God made vnto our fathers, saying to Abraham: Euen in thy seede shall all the kinredes of the earth be blessed.
  • 2 Cor 6:18 : 18 And wyll be a father vnto you, and ye shalbe my sonnes and daughters, saith the Lorde almightie.
  • Eph 6:4 : 4 Fathers prouoke not your children to wrath: but bring them vp in instruction and information of the Lorde.
  • 1 Tim 3:4-5 : 4 One that ruleth well his owne house, hauyng chyldren in subiection, with all grauitie. 5 For yf a man knowe not to rule his owne house, howe shall he care for the Churche of God?
  • 1 Tim 3:11-12 : 11 Euen so must their wyues be graue, not euyll speakers, sober, faythfull in all thynges. 12 Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wife, and such as can rule their children well, and their owne housholdes.
  • Titus 1:6 : 6 If any be blamelesse, the husbande of one wyfe, hauyng faythfull chyldren, not accusable of riote, or vntractable.
  • Jas 1:14-15 : 14 But euery man is tempted, when he is drawen away, & entised of his owne concupiscence. 15 Then, when lust hath conceaued, it bryngeth foorth sinne: and sinne when it is finished, bryngeth foorth death.

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    23And man saide: this is nowe bone of my bones, and fleshe of my fleshe, she shalbe called woman, because she was taken out of man.

    24For this cause shall man leaue his father and his mother, and shalbe ioyned with his wyfe: and they shall become one fleshe.

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