Hebrews 13:4
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4 (A)Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; (B)but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
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Genesis 2:24
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24 (A)Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and (B)be[a] joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
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- Genesis 2:24 Lit. cling
Proverbs 5:15-23
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15 Drink water from your own cistern,
And running water from your own well.
16 Should your fountains be dispersed abroad,
[a]Streams of water in the streets?
17 Let them be only your own,
And not for strangers with you.
18 Let your fountain be blessed,
And rejoice with (A)the wife of your youth.
19 (B)As a loving deer and a graceful doe,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
And always be [b]enraptured with her love.
20 For why should you, my son, be enraptured by (C)an immoral woman,
And be embraced in the arms of a seductress?
21 (D)For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord,
And He [c]ponders all his paths.
22 (E)His own iniquities entrap the wicked man,
And he is caught in the cords of his sin.
23 (F)He shall die for lack of instruction,
And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
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- Proverbs 5:16 Channels
- Proverbs 5:19 Lit. intoxicated
- Proverbs 5:21 observes, lit. weighs
Galatians 5:19
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19 Now (A)the works of the flesh are evident, which are: [a]adultery, [b]fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,
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- Galatians 5:19 NU omits adultery
- Galatians 5:19 sexual immorality
1 Corinthians 7:2-16
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2 Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. 3 (A)Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. 4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. 5 (B)Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that (C)Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 6 But I say this as a concession, (D)not as a commandment. 7 For (E)I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.
8 But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: (F)It is good for them if they remain even as I am; 9 but (G)if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
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10 Now to the married I command, yet not I but the (H)Lord: (I)A wife is not to depart from her husband. 11 But even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to divorce his wife.
12 But to the rest I, not the Lord, say: If any brother has a wife who does not believe, and she is willing to live with him, let him not divorce her. 13 And a woman who has a husband who does not believe, if he is willing to live with her, let her not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise (J)your children would be unclean, but now they are holy. 15 But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God has called us (K)to peace. 16 For how do you know, O wife, whether you will (L)save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?
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Galatians 5:21
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21 envy, [a]murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that (A)those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
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- Galatians 5:21 NU omits murders
Colossians 3:5-6
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1 Corinthians 5:13
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13 But those who are outside God judges. Therefore (A)“put away from yourselves the evil person.”
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1 Corinthians 6:9
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9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. (A)Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor [a]homosexuals, nor [b]sodomites,
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- 1 Corinthians 6:9 catamites, those submitting to homosexuals
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 male homosexuals
Ephesians 5:5
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5 For [a]this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any (A)inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
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- Ephesians 5:5 NU know this
Genesis 1:27-28
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27 So God created man (A)in His own image; in the image of God He created him; (B)male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, (C)“Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and (D)subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that [a]moves on the earth.”
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- Genesis 1:28 moves about on
Titus 1:6
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6 if a man is blameless, the husband of one wife, (A)having faithful children not accused of [a]dissipation or insubordination.
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- Titus 1:6 debauchery, lit. incorrigibility
1 Timothy 3:12
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12 Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
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1 Timothy 3:4
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4 one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence
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1 Corinthians 7:38
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38 (A)So then he who gives [a]her in marriage does well, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.
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- 1 Corinthians 7:38 NU his own virgin
1 Timothy 5:14
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14 Therefore I desire that the younger widows marry, bear children, manage the house, give no opportunity to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
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1 Timothy 4:3
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3 forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
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2 Corinthians 5:10
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10 (A)For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, (B)that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
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1 Corinthians 9:5
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5 Do we have no right to take along [a]a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, (A)the brothers of the Lord, and (B)Cephas?
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- 1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit. a sister, a wife
Leviticus 21:13-15
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13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. 14 A widow or a divorced woman or a defiled woman or a harlot—these he shall not marry; but he shall take a virgin of his own people as wife. 15 Nor shall he profane his posterity among his people, for I the Lord sanctify him.’ ”
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Genesis 2:21
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21 And the Lord God caused a (A)deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.
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Revelation 22:15
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15 [a]But (A)outside are (B)dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.
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- Revelation 22:15 NU, M omit But
Malachi 3:5
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5 And I will come near you for judgment;
I will be a swift witness
Against sorcerers,
Against adulterers,
(A)Against perjurers,
Against those who (B)exploit wage earners and (C)widows and orphans,
And against those who turn away an alien—
Because they do not fear Me,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
1 Timothy 3:2
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2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach;
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Isaiah 8:3
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3 Then I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the Lord said to me, “Call his name Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz;
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