Verse 15

And did not he make{H6213}{(H8804)} one{H259}? Yet had he the residue{H7605} of the spirit{H7307}. And wherefore one{H259}? That he might seek{H1245}{(H8764)} a godly{H430} seed{H2233}. Therefore take heed{H8104}{(H8738)} to your spirit{H7307}, and let none deal treacherously{H898}{(H8799)} against the wife{H802} of his youth{H5271}.

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 19:4-6 : 4 And{G1161} he answered{G611}{(G5679)} and said{G2036}{(G5627)} unto them{G846}, Have ye{G314} not{G3756} read{G314}{(G5627)}, that{G3754} he which{G3588} made{G4160}{(G5660)} them at{G575} the beginning{G746} made{G4160}{(G5656)} them{G846} male{G730} and{G2532} female{G2338}, 5 And{G2532} said{G2036}{(G5627)}, For this{G5127} cause{G1752} shall a man{G444} leave{G2641}{(G5692)} father{G3962} and{G2532} mother{G3384}, and{G2532} shall cleave{G4347}{(G5701)} to his{G846} wife{G1135}: and{G2532} they twain{G1417} shall be{G2071}{(G5704)}{G1519} one{G3391} flesh{G4561}? 6 Wherefore{G5620} they are{G1526}{(G5748)} no more{G3765} twain{G1417}, but{G235} one{G3391} flesh{G4561}. What{G3739} therefore{G3767} God{G2316} hath joined together{G4801}{(G5656)}, let{G5563} not{G3361} man{G444} put asunder{G5563}{(G5720)}.
  • Gen 1:27 : 27 So God{H430} created{H1254}{(H8799)} man{H120} in his own image{H6754}, in the image{H6754} of God{H430} created{H1254}{(H8804)} he him; male{H2145} and female{H5347} created{H1254}{(H8804)} he them.
  • 1 Cor 7:2 : 2 Nevertheless{G1223}{G1161}, to avoid fornication{G4202}, let{G2192} every man{G1538} have{G2192}{(G5720)} his own{G1438} wife{G1135}, and{G2532} let{G2192} every woman{G1538} have{G2192}{(G5720)} her own{G2398} husband{G435}.
  • 1 Cor 7:14 : 14 For{G1063} the unbelieving{G571} husband{G435} is sanctified{G37}{(G5769)} by{G1722} the wife{G1135}, and{G2532} the unbelieving{G571} wife{G1135} is sanctified{G37}{(G5769)} by{G1722} the husband{G435}: else{G686}{G1893} were{G2076}{(G5748)} your{G5216} children{G5043} unclean{G169}; but{G1161} now{G3568} are they{G2076}{(G5748)} holy{G40}.
  • Gen 2:7 : 7 And the LORD{H3068} God{H430} formed{H3335}{(H8799)} man{H120} of the dust{H6083} of{H4480} the ground{H127}, and breathed{H5301}{(H8799)} into his nostrils{H639} the breath{H5397} of life{H2416}; and man{H120} became a living{H2416} soul{H5315}.
  • Gen 6:2 : 2 That the sons{H1121} of God{H430} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} the daughters{H1323} of men{H120} that they{H2007} were fair{H2896}; and they took{H3947}{(H8799)} them wives{H802} of all which they chose{H977}{(H8804)}.
  • Job 27:3 : 3 All the while{H5750} my breath{H5397} is in me, and the spirit{H7307} of God{H433} is in my nostrils{H639};
  • Prov 4:23 : 23 Keep{H5341}{(H8798)} thy heart{H3820} with all diligence{H4929}; for out of it are the issues{H8444} of life{H2416}.
  • Prov 6:25 : 25 Lust{H2530}{(H8799)} not after her beauty{H3308} in thine heart{H3824}; neither let her take{H3947}{(H8799)} thee with her eyelids{H6079}.
  • Prov 7:25 : 25 Let not thine heart{H3820} decline{H7847}{(H8799)} to her ways{H1870}, go not astray{H8582}{(H8799)} in her paths{H5410}.
  • Eccl 12:7 : 7 Then shall the dust{H6083} return{H7725}{(H8799)} to the earth{H776} as it was: and the spirit{H7307} shall return{H7725}{(H8799)} unto God{H430} who gave{H5414}{(H8804)} it.
  • Jer 2:21 : 21 Yet I had planted{H5193}{(H8804)} thee a noble vine{H8321}, wholly a right{H571} seed{H2233}: how then art thou turned{H2015}{(H8738)} into the degenerate plant{H5494} of a strange{H5237} vine{H1612} unto me?
  • Hos 1:10 : 10 Yet the number{H4557} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} shall be as the sand{H2344} of the sea{H3220}, which cannot be measured{H4058}{(H8735)} nor numbered{H5608}{(H8735)}; and it shall come to pass, that in the place{H4725} where it was said{H559}{(H8735)} unto them, Ye are not my people{H5971}, there it shall be said{H559}{(H8735)} unto them, Ye are the sons{H1121} of the living{H2416} God{H410}.
  • Mal 2:14 : 14 Yet ye say{H559}{(H8804)}, Wherefore{H4100}? Because the LORD{H3068} hath been witness{H5749}{(H8689)} between thee and the wife{H802} of thy youth{H5271}, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously{H898}{(H8804)}: yet is she thy companion{H2278}, and the wife{H802} of thy covenant{H1285}.
  • Matt 5:28-29 : 28 But{G1161} I{G1473} say{G3004}{(G5719)} unto you{G5213}, That{G3754} whosoever{G3956} looketh{G991}{(G5723)} on a woman{G1135} to{G4314} lust after{G1937}{(G5658)} her{G846} hath committed adultery{G3431}{(G5656)} with her{G846} already{G2235} in{G1722} his{G846} heart{G2588}. 29 And{G1161} if{G1487} thy{G4675} right{G1188} eye{G3788} offend{G4624}{(G5719)} thee{G4571}, pluck{G1807} it{G846} out{G1807}{(G5628)}, and{G2532} cast{G906}{(G5628)} it from{G575} thee{G4675}: for{G1063} it is profitable{G4851}{(G5719)} for thee{G4671} that{G2443} one{G1520} of thy{G4675} members{G3196} should perish{G622}{(G5643)}, and{G2532} not{G3361} that thy{G4675} whole{G3650} body{G4983} should be cast{G906}{(G5686)} into{G1519} hell{G1067}.
  • Matt 15:19 : 19 For{G1063} out of{G1537} the heart{G2588} proceed{G1831}{(G5736)} evil{G4190} thoughts{G1261}, murders{G5408}, adulteries{G3430}, fornications{G4202}, thefts{G2829}, false witness{G5577}, blasphemies{G988}:
  • Gen 24:3-7 : 3 And I will make thee swear{H7650}{(H8686)} by the LORD{H3068}, the God{H430} of heaven{H8064}, and the God{H430} of the earth{H776}, that thou shalt not take{H3947}{(H8799)} a wife{H802} unto my son{H1121} of the daughters{H1323} of the Canaanites{H3669}, among{H7130} whom I dwell{H3427}{(H8802)}: 4 But thou shalt go{H3212}{(H8799)} unto my country{H776}, and to my kindred{H4138}, and take{H3947}{(H8804)} a wife{H802} unto my son{H1121} Isaac{H3327}. 5 And the servant{H5650} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Peradventure the woman{H802} will not be willing{H14}{(H8799)} to follow{H3212}{(H8800)} me{H310} unto this land{H776}: must I needs bring{H7725}{(H8687)} thy son{H1121} again{H7725}{(H8686)} unto the land{H776} from whence thou camest{H3318}{(H8804)}? 6 And Abraham{H85} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Beware{H8104}{(H8734)} thou that thou bring{H7725} not{H6435} my son{H1121} thither again{H7725}{(H8686)}. 7 The LORD{H3068} God{H430} of heaven{H8064}, which took me{H3947}{(H8804)} from my father's{H1} house{H1004}, and from the land{H776} of my kindred{H4138}, and which spake{H1696}{(H8765)} unto me, and that sware{H7650}{(H8738)} unto me, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Unto thy seed{H2233} will I give{H5414}{(H8799)} this land{H776}; he shall send{H7971}{(H8799)} his angel{H4397} before thee{H6440}, and thou shalt take{H3947}{(H8804)} a wife{H802} unto my son{H1121} from thence.
  • Gen 24:44 : 44 And she say{H559}{(H8804)} to me, Both drink{H8354}{(H8798)} thou, and I will also draw{H7579}{(H8799)} for thy camels{H1581}: let the same be the woman{H802} whom the LORD{H3068} hath appointed out{H3198}{(H8689)} for my master's{H113} son{H1121}.
  • Gen 26:34-35 : 34 And Esau{H6215} was forty{H705} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he took{H3947}{(H8799)} to wife{H802} Judith{H3067} the daughter{H1323} of Beeri{H882} the Hittite{H2850}, and Bashemath{H1315} the daughter{H1323} of Elon{H356} the Hittite{H2850}: 35 Which were a grief{H4786} of mind{H7307} unto Isaac{H3327} and to Rebekah{H7259}.
  • Gen 27:46 : 46 And Rebekah{H7259} said{H559}{(H8799)} to Isaac{H3327}, I am weary{H6973}{(H8804)} of my life{H2416} because{H6440} of the daughters{H1323} of Heth{H2845}: if Jacob{H3290} take{H3947}{(H8802)} a wife{H802} of the daughters{H1323} of Heth{H2845}, such as these which are of the daughters{H1323} of the land{H776}, what good{H4100} shall my life{H2416} do me?
  • Gen 28:2-4 : 2 Arise{H6965}{(H8798)}, go{H3212}{(H8798)} to Padanaram{H6307}, to the house{H1004} of Bethuel{H1328} thy mother's{H517} father{H1}; and take{H3947}{(H8798)} thee a wife{H802} from thence of the daughters{H1323} of Laban{H3837} thy mother's{H517} brother{H251}. 3 And God{H410} Almighty{H7706} bless{H1288}{(H8762)} thee, and make thee fruitful{H6509}{(H8686)}, and multiply{H7235}{(H8686)} thee, that thou mayest be a multitude{H6951} of people{H5971}; 4 And give{H5414}{(H8799)} thee the blessing{H1293} of Abraham{H85}, to thee, and to thy seed{H2233} with thee; that thou mayest inherit{H3423}{(H8800)} the land{H776} wherein thou art a stranger{H4033}, which God{H430} gave{H5414}{(H8804)} unto Abraham{H85}.
  • Deut 7:4 : 4 For they will turn away{H5493}{(H8686)} thy son{H1121} from following{H310} me, that they may serve{H5647}{(H8804)} other{H312} gods{H430}: so will the anger{H639} of the LORD{H3068} be kindled{H2734}{(H8804)} against you, and destroy{H8045}{(H8689)} thee suddenly{H4118}.
  • Ezra 9:4 : 4 Then were assembled{H622}{(H8735)} unto me every one that trembled{H2730} at the words{H1697} of the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, because of the transgression{H4604} of those that had been carried away{H1473}; and I sat{H3427}{(H8802)} astonied{H8074}{(H8789)} until the evening{H6153} sacrifice{H4503}.
  • Neh 13:24 : 24 And their children{H1121} spake{H1696}{(H8764)} half{H2677} in the speech of Ashdod{H797}, and could{H5234}{(H8688)} not speak{H1696}{(H8763)} in the Jews' language{H3066}, but according to the language{H3956} of each{H5971} people{H5971}.
  • Gen 2:20-24 : 20 And Adam{H120} gave{H7121}{(H8799)} names{H8034} to all cattle{H929}, and to the fowl{H5775} of the air{H8064}, and to every beast{H2416} of the field{H7704}; but for Adam{H120} there was not found{H4672}{(H8804)} an help meet{H5828} for him. 21 And the LORD{H3068} God{H430} caused{H5307} a deep sleep{H8639} to fall{H5307}{(H8686)} upon Adam{H121}, and he slept{H3462}{(H8799)}: and he took{H3947}{(H8799)} one{H259} of his ribs{H6763}, and closed up{H5462}{(H8799)} the flesh{H1320} instead thereof; 22 And the rib{H6763}, which the LORD{H3068} God{H430} had taken{H3947}{(H8804)} from man{H120}, made{H1129}{(H8799)} he a woman{H802}, and brought{H935}{(H8686)} her unto the man{H120}. 23 And Adam{H120} said{H559}{(H8799)}, This{H2063} is now{H6471} bone{H6106} of my bones{H6106}, and flesh{H1320} of my flesh{H1320}: she{H2063} shall be called{H7121}{(H8735)} Woman{H802}, because she{H2063} was taken{H3947}{(H8795)} out of Man{H376}. 24 Therefore{H3651} shall a man{H376} leave{H5800}{(H8799)} his father{H1} and his mother{H517}, and shall cleave{H1692}{(H8804)} unto his wife{H802}: and they shall be one{H259} flesh{H1320}.
  • Mark 10:6-8 : 6 But{G1161} from{G575} the beginning{G746} of the creation{G2937} God{G2316} made{G4160}{(G5656)} them{G846} male{G730} and{G2532} female{G2338}. 7 For this cause{G1752}{G5127} shall{G2641} a man{G444} leave{G2641}{(G5692)} his{G846} father{G3962} and{G2532} mother{G3384}, and{G2532} cleave{G4347}{(G5701)} to{G4314} his{G846} wife{G1135}; 8 And{G2532} they twain{G1417} shall be{G2071}{(G5704)} one{G1519}{G3391} flesh{G4561}: so then{G5620} they are{G1526}{(G5748)} no more{G3765} twain{G1417}, but{G235} one{G3391} flesh{G4561}.
  • John 20:22 : 22 And{G2532} when he had said{G2036}{(G5631)} this{G5124}, he breathed on{G1720}{(G5656)} them, and{G2532} saith{G3004}{(G5719)} unto them{G846}, Receive ye{G2983}{(G5628)} the Holy{G40} Ghost{G4151}:
  • Acts 3:25 : 25 Ye{G5210} are{G2075}{(G5748)} the children{G5207} of the prophets{G4396}, and{G2532} of the covenant{G1242} which{G3739} God{G2316} made{G1303}{(G5639)} with{G4314} our{G2257} fathers{G3962}, saying{G3004}{(G5723)} unto{G4314} Abraham{G11}, And{G2532} in thy{G4675} seed{G4690} shall{G1757} all{G3956} the kindreds{G3965} of the earth{G1093} be blessed{G1757}{(G5701)}.
  • 2 Cor 6:18 : 18 And{G2532} will be{G2071}{(G5704)}{G1519} a Father{G3962} unto you{G5213}, and{G2532} ye{G5210} shall be{G2071}{(G5704)} my{G3427} sons{G5207}{G1519} and{G2532} daughters{G2364}, saith{G3004}{(G5719)} the Lord{G2962} Almighty{G3841}.
  • Eph 6:4 : 4 And{G2532}, ye fathers{G3962}, provoke{G3949} not{G3361} your{G5216} children{G5043} to wrath{G3949}{(G5720)}: but{G235} bring{G1625} them{G846} up{G1625}{(G5720)} in{G1722} the nurture{G3809} and{G2532} admonition{G3559} of the Lord{G2962}.
  • 1 Tim 3:4-5 : 4 One that ruleth{G4291}{(G5734)} well{G2573} his own{G2398} house{G3624}, having{G2192}{(G5723)} his children{G5043} in{G1722} subjection{G5292} with{G3326} all{G3956} gravity{G4587}; 5 (For{G1161} if a man{G1536} know{G1492} not{G3756} how{G1492}{(G5758)} to rule{G4291}{(G5629)} his own{G2398} house{G3624}, how{G4459} shall he take care of{G1959}{(G5695)} the church{G1577} of God{G2316}?)
  • 1 Tim 3:11-12 : 11 Even so{G5615} must their wives{G1135} be grave{G4586}, not{G3361} slanderers{G1228}, sober{G3524}, faithful{G4103} in{G1722} all things{G3956}. 12 Let{G2077} the deacons{G1249} be{G2077}{(G5749)} the husbands{G435} of one{G3391} wife{G1135}, ruling{G4291}{(G5734)} their children{G5043} and{G2532} their own{G2398} houses{G3624} well{G2573}.
  • Titus 1:6 : 6 If any{G1536} be{G2076}{(G5748)} blameless{G410}, the husband{G435} of one{G3391} wife{G1135}, having{G2192}{(G5723)} faithful{G4103} children{G5043} not{G3361} accused{G1722}{G2724} of riot{G810} or{G2228} unruly{G506}.
  • Jas 1:14-15 : 14 But{G1161} every man{G1538} is tempted{G3985}{(G5743)}, when he is drawn away{G1828}{(G5746)} of{G5259} his own{G2398} lust{G1939}, and{G2532} enticed{G1185}{(G5746)}. 15 Then{G1534} when lust{G1939} hath conceived{G4815}{(G5631)}, it bringeth forth{G5088}{(G5719)} sin{G266}: and{G1161} sin{G266}, when it is finished{G658}{(G5685)}, bringeth forth{G616}{(G5719)} death{G2288}.