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1 Corinthians 7 14
The unbelieving husband has been made holy through his wife. The unbelieving wife has been made holy through her believing husband. If that were not the case, your children would not be pure and“ clean.” But as it is, they are holy.
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1 Timothy 3 4-1 Timothy 3 5
He must manage his own family well. He must make sure that his children obey him. And he must do this in a way that gains him respect.Suppose someone doesn’t know how to manage his own family. Then 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, the women must be worthy of respect. They must not say things that harm others. In anything they do, they must not go too far. They must be worthy of trust in everything.A deacon must be faithful to his wife. He must manage his children and family well.
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Titus 1:6
An elder must be without blame. He must be faithful to his wife. His children must be believers. They must not give anyone a reason to say that they are wild and don’t obey.
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Matthew 19:4-6
Jesus replied,“ Haven’t you read that in the beginning the Creator‘ made them male and female’?( Genesis 1:27)He said,‘ That’s why a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife. The two will become one.’( Genesis 2:24)They are no longer two, but one. So no one should separate what God has joined together.”
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Genesis 24:3-7
The Lord is the God of heaven and the God of earth. I want you to make a promise to me in his name. I’m living among the people of Canaan. But I want you to promise me that you won’t get a wife for my son from their daughters.Instead, promise me that you will go to my country and to my own relatives. Get a wife for my son Isaac from there.”The servant asked Abraham,“ What if the woman doesn’t want to come back with me to this land? Then should I take your son back to the country you came from?”“ Make sure you don’t take my son back there,” Abraham said.“ The Lord, the God of heaven, took me away from my father’s family. He brought me out of my own land. He made me a promise. He said,‘ I will give this land to your family after you.’ The Lord will send his angel ahead of you. So you will be able to get a wife for my son from there.
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Genesis 1:27
So God created human beings in his own likeness. He created them to be like himself. He created them as male and female.
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1 Corinthians 7 2
But since sexual sin is happening, each man should sleep with his own wife. And each woman should sleep with her own husband.
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Genesis 28:2-4
Go at once to Paddan Aram. Go to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel. Find a wife for yourself there. Take her from among the daughters of your mother’s brother Laban.May the Mighty God bless you. May he give you children. May he make your family larger until you become a community of nations.May he give you and your children after you the blessing he gave to Abraham. Then you can take over the land where you now live as an outsider. It’s the land God gave to Abraham.”
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Jeremiah 2:21
You were like a good vine when I planted you. You were a healthy plant. Then how did you turn against me? How did you become a bad, wild vine?
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Deuteronomy 7:4
If you do, those people will turn your children away from serving the Lord. Then your children will serve other gods. The Lord will be very angry with you. He will quickly destroy you.
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Hosea 1:10
“ But the time will come when the people of Israel will be like the sand on the seashore. It can’t be measured or counted. Now it is said about them,‘ You are not my people.’ But at that time they will be called‘ children of the living God.’
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Job 27:3
As long as I have life and God gives me breath,
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Genesis 6:2
The sons of God saw that the daughters of human beings were beautiful. So they married any of them they chose.
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Genesis 2:7
Then the Lord God formed a man. He made him out of the dust of the ground. God breathed the breath of life into him. And the man became a living person.
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Mark 10:6-8
“ But at the beginning of creation, God‘ made them male and female.’( Genesis 1:27)‘ That’s why a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife.The two of them will become one.’( Genesis 2:24) They are no longer two, but one.
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Genesis 24:44
Suppose she says,“ Have a drink of water, and I’ll get some for your camels too.” Then let her be the one the Lord has chosen for my master’s son.’
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Ezra 9:4
Then everyone who trembled with fear at God’s words gathered around me. That’s because the people who had returned from Babylon had not been faithful. So I was very upset. I just sat there until the time of the evening sacrifice.
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Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, don’t make your children angry. Instead, instruct them and teach them the ways of the Lord as you raise them.
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2 Corinthians 6 18
And,“ I will be your Father. You will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord who rules over all.”( 2 Samuel 7:14; 7:8)
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John 20:22
He then breathed on them. He said,“ Receive the Holy Spirit.
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Proverbs 4:23
Above everything else, guard your heart. Everything you do comes from it.
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Genesis 26:34-35
When Esau was 40 years old, he got married to Judith. She was the daughter of Beeri the Hittite. Esau also married Basemath. She was the daughter of Elon the Hittite.Isaac and Rebekah became very upset because Esau had married Hittite women.
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Matthew 5:28-29
But here is what I tell you. Do not even look at a woman in the wrong way. Anyone who does has already committed adultery with her in his heart.If your right eye causes you to sin, poke it out and throw it away. Your eye is only one part of your body. It is better to lose an eye than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
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Nehemiah 13:24
Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod. Or they spoke the language of one of the other nations. They didn’t even know how to speak the language of Judah.
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Matthew 15:19
Evil thoughts come out of a person’s heart. So do murder, adultery, and other sexual sins. And so do stealing, false witness, and telling lies about others.
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Proverbs 7:25
Don’t let your hearts turn to her ways. Don’t step onto her paths.
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Genesis 27:46
Then Rebekah spoke to Isaac. She said,“ I’m sick of living because of Esau’s Hittite wives. Suppose Jacob also marries a Hittite woman. If he does, my life won’t be worth living.”
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Ecclesiastes 12:7
Remember your Creator before you return to the dust you came from. Remember him before your spirit goes back to God who gave it.
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Proverbs 6:25
Don’t hunger in your heart after her beauty. Don’t let her eyes capture you.
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Acts 3:25
What the prophets said was meant for you. The covenant God made with your people long ago is yours also. He said to Abraham,‘ All nations on earth will be blessed through your children.’( Genesis 22:18; 26:4)
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Malachi 2:14
You ask,“ Why?” It’s because the Lord is holding you responsible. He watches how you treat the wife you married when you were young. You have been unfaithful to her. You did it even though she’s your partner. You promised to stay married to her. And the Lord was a witness to it.
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Genesis 2:20-24
So the man gave names to all the livestock, all the birds in the sky, and all the wild animals. But Adam didn’t find a helper that was just right for him.So the Lord God caused him to fall into a deep sleep. While the man was sleeping, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs. Then the Lord God closed the opening in the man’s side.Then the Lord God made a woman. He made her from the rib he had taken out of the man. And the Lord God brought her to the man.The man said,“ Her bones have come from my bones. Her body has come from my body. She will be named‘ woman,’ because she was taken out of a man.”That’s why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife. The two of them become one.
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James 1:14-15
But each person is tempted by their own evil desires. These desires lead them on and drag them away.When these desires are allowed to remain, they lead to sin. And when sin is allowed to remain and grow, it leads to death.