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1 Corinthians 7 14
For the believing wife brings holiness to her marriage, and the believing husband brings holiness to his marriage. Otherwise, your children would not be holy, but now they are holy.
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1 Timothy 3 4-1 Timothy 3 5
He must manage his own family well, having children who respect and obey him.For if a man cannot manage his own household, how can he take care of God’s church?
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1 Timothy 3 11-1 Timothy 3 12
In the same way, their wives must be respected and must not slander others. They must exercise self control and be faithful in everything they do.A deacon must be faithful to his wife, and he must manage his children and household well.
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Titus 1:6
An elder must live a blameless life. He must be faithful to his wife, and his children must be believers who don’t have a reputation for being wild or rebellious.
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Matthew 19:4-6
“ Haven’t you read the Scriptures?” Jesus replied.“ They record that from the beginning‘ God made them male and female.’”And he said,“‘ This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together.”
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Genesis 24:3-7
Swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women.Go instead to my homeland, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son Isaac.”The servant asked,“ But what if I can’t find a young woman who is willing to travel so far from home? Should I then take Isaac there to live among your relatives in the land you came from?”“ No!” Abraham responded.“ Be careful never to take my son there.For the Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and my native land, solemnly promised to give this land to my descendants. He will send his angel ahead of you, and he will see to it that you find a wife there for my son.
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Genesis 1:27
So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
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1 Corinthians 7 2
But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.
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Genesis 28:2-4
Instead, go at once to Paddan aram, to the house of your grandfather Bethuel, and marry one of your uncle Laban’s daughters.May God Almighty bless you and give you many children. And may your descendants multiply and become many nations!May God pass on to you and your descendants the blessings he promised to Abraham. May you own this land where you are now living as a foreigner, for God gave this land to Abraham.”
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Jeremiah 2:21
But I was the one who planted you, choosing a vine of the purest stock— the very best. How did you grow into this corrupt wild vine?
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Deuteronomy 7:4
for they will lead your children away from me to worship other gods. Then the anger of the Lord will burn against you, and he will quickly destroy you.
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Hosea 1:10
“ Yet the time will come when Israel’s people will be like the sands of the seashore— too many to count! Then, at the place where they were told,‘ You are not my people,’ it will be said,‘ You are children of the living God.’
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Job 27:3
As long as I live, while I have breath from God,
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Genesis 6:2
The sons of God saw the beautiful women and took any they wanted as their wives.
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Genesis 2:7
Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person.
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Mark 10:6-8
But‘ God made them male and female’ from the beginning of creation.‘ This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife,and the two are united into one.’ Since they are no longer two but one,
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Genesis 24:44
If she says,“ Yes, have a drink, and I will draw water for your camels, too,” let her be the one you have selected to be the wife of my master’s son.’
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Ezra 9:4
Then all who trembled at the words of the God of Israel came and sat with me because of this outrage committed by the returned exiles. And I sat there utterly appalled until the time of the evening sacrifice.
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Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord.
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2 Corinthians 6 18
And I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
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John 20:22
Then he breathed on them and said,“ Receive the Holy Spirit.
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Proverbs 4:23
Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.
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Genesis 26:34-35
At the age of forty, Esau married two Hittite wives: Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon.But Esau’s wives made life miserable for Isaac and Rebekah.
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Matthew 5:28-29
But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.So if your eye— even your good eye— causes you to lust, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
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Nehemiah 13:24
Furthermore, half their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of some other people and could not speak the language of Judah at all.
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Matthew 15:19
For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander.
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Proverbs 7:25
Don’t let your hearts stray away toward her. Don’t wander down her wayward path.
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Genesis 27:46
Then Rebekah said to Isaac,“ I’m sick and tired of these local Hittite women! I would rather die than see Jacob marry one of them.”
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Ecclesiastes 12:7
For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
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Proverbs 6:25
Don’t lust for her beauty. Don’t let her coy glances seduce you.
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Acts 3:25
You are the children of those prophets, and you are included in the covenant God promised to your ancestors. For God said to Abraham,‘ Through your descendants all the families on earth will be blessed.’
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Malachi 2:14
You cry out,“ Why doesn’t the Lord accept my worship?” I’ll tell you why! Because the Lord witnessed the vows you and your wife made when you were young. But you have been unfaithful to her, though she remained your faithful partner, the wife of your marriage vows.
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Genesis 2:20-24
He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. But still there was no helper just right for him.So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the opening.Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man.“ At last!” the man exclaimed.“ This one is bone from my bone, and flesh from my flesh! She will be called‘ woman,’ because she was taken from‘ man.’”This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.
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James 1:14-15
Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away.These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death.