18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; (A)I will make him a helper fit for[a] him.”

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  1. Genesis 2:18 Or corresponding to; also verse 20

18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”(A)

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(A)Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge (B)the sexually immoral and adulterous.

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Marriage should be honored by all,(A) and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.(B)

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25 (A)Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and (B)gave himself up for her,

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25 Husbands, love your wives,(A) just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her(B)

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31 (A)“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and (B)the two shall become one flesh.”

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31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”[a](A)

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  1. Ephesians 5:31 Gen. 2:24

18 Let your (A)fountain be blessed,
    and (B)rejoice in (C)the wife of your youth,
19     a lovely (D)deer, a graceful doe.
Let her breasts (E)fill you at all times with delight;
    be intoxicated[a] always in her love.

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  1. Proverbs 5:19 Hebrew be led astray; also verse 20

18 May your fountain(A) be blessed,
    and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.(B)
19 A loving doe, a graceful deer(C)
    may her breasts satisfy you always,
    may you ever be intoxicated with her love.

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27 So God created man in his own image,
    in the image of God he created him;
    (A)male and female he created them.

28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, (B)“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

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27 So God created(A) mankind(B) in his own image,(C)
    in the image of God(D) he created them;
    male and female(E) he created them.(F)

28 God blessed them and said to them,(G) “Be fruitful and increase in number;(H) fill the earth(I) and subdue it. Rule over(J) the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.(K)

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Behold, (A)children are a heritage from the Lord,
    (B)the fruit of the womb a reward.

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Children are a heritage from the Lord,
    offspring a reward(A) from him.

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