Verse 2

But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:14 : 14 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.
  • 1 Cor 7:9 : 9 But if they don't have self-control, let them marry. For it's better to marry than to burn.
  • Eph 5:33 : 33 Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
  • Prov 5:18-19 : 18 Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth. 19 A loving doe and a graceful deer-- let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.
  • Prov 18:22 : 22 Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.
  • 1 Cor 6:18 : 18 Flee sexual immorality! "Every sin that a man does is outside the body," but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.
  • 1 Tim 4:3 : 3 forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
  • Eph 5:28 : 28 Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
  • Mal 2:14 : 14 Yet you say, 'Why?' Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant.