WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT MARRIAGE
                                                           

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LUKE 20:34
And Jesus said to them, The people of this world and present age marry and are given in marriage;

Malachi 2:14
Yet you ask, Why does He reject it? Because the Lord was witness [to the covenant made at your marriage] between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously and to whom you were faithless. Yet she is your companion and the wife of your covenant [made by your marriage vows].

Malachi 2:16
For the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I hate divorce and marital separation and him who covers his garment [his wife] with violence. Therefore keep a watch upon your spirit [that it may be controlled by My Spirit], that you deal not treacherously and faithlessly [with your marriage mate].

Genesis 2:24
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall become united and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. [Matt 19:5; I Cor 6:16; Eph 5:31-33 ]

Genesis 2:25
And the man and his wife were both naked and were not embarrassed or ashamed in each other's presence.

Proverbs 18:22
He who finds a [true] wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord. [Prov 19:14; 31:10 ]

6. Why we must marry in this life time

Matthew 22:30
For in the resurrected state neither do [men] marry nor are [women] given in marriage, but they are like the angels in heaven

Mark 12:25
For when they arise from among the dead, [men] do not marry nor are [women] given in marriage, but are like the angels in heaven.

adultery

Romans 7:3
Accordingly, she will be held an adulteress if she unites herself to another man while her husband lives. But if her husband dies, the marriage law no longer is binding on her [she is free from that law]; and if she unites herself to another man, she is not an adulteress.

Hebrews 13:4
Let marriage be held in honor (esteemed worthy, precious, of great price, and especially dear) in all things. And thus let the marriage bed be undefiled (kept undishonored); for God will judge and punish the unchaste [all guilty of sexual vice] and adulterous

1 Peter 3:7
In the same way you married men should live considerately with [your wives], with an [Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.] intelligent recognition [of the marriage relation], honoring the woman as [physically] the weaker, but [realizing that you] are joint heirs of the grace (God's unmerited favor) of life, in order that your prayers may not be hindered and cut off. [Otherwise you cannot pray effectively.]

Exodus 20:14
You shall not commit [Observe here the expansion of the meaning of the seventh commandment in many catechisms to include whoredom in all its forms, as well as unchastity [premarital relations, sexual impurity, and lustful desire under whatever name] (J.P. Lange, A Commentary). Not only is adultery forbidden here, but also fornication and all kinds of mental and sensual uncleanness. All impure books, songs, pictures, etc., which tend to inflame and debauch the mind are against this law (Adam Clarke, The Holy Bible with A Commentary).] adultery. [Prov 6:25, 26; Matt 5:28; Rom 1:24; Eph 5:3 ]

Leviticus 20:10
The man who commits adultery with another's wife, even his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. [John 8:4-11 ]

Deuteronomy 5:18
Neither shall you commit adultery.

Job 31:11
For [adultery] is a heinous and chief crime, an iniquity [to demand action by] the judges and punishment. [Deut 22:22; John 8:5 ]

Proverbs 6:32
But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks heart and understanding (moral principle and prudence); he who does it is destroying his own life.

Matthew 5:28
But I say to you that everyone who so much as looks at a woman with evil desire for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Matthew 5:32
But I tell you, Whoever dismisses and repudiates and divorces his wife, except on the grounds of unfaithfulness (sexual immorality), causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a woman who has been divorced commits adultery. [Deut 24:1-4 ]

Mark 10:11
And He said to them, Whoever [Henry Swete, The Gospel According to Saint Mark.] dismisses (repudiates and divorces) his wife and marries another commits adultery against her;

Mark 10:12
And if a woman dismisses (repudiates and divorces) her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.

Mark 10:19
You know the commandments: Do not kill, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and mother. [Exod 20:12-16; Deut 5:16-20 ]


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