18 The LORD God also said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper."

21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs* and closed up the area with flesh. 22 And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him. 23 And the man said:

"This is now bone of my bones

and flesh of my flesh;

she shall be called ‘woman,’

for out of man she was taken."

24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.*

24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.*

25 And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.

24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.*

22 And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him. 23 And the man said:

"This is now bone of my bones

and flesh of my flesh;

she shall be called ‘woman,’

for out of man she was taken."

24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.*

26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself* and every creature that crawls upon it."

27 So God created man in His own image;

in the image of God He created him;

male and female He created them.*

28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth."

1 And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain.*

"With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man," she said.

25 And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth,* saying, "God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him."

6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."

4 Jesus answered, "Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’* 5 and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’*? 6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."

5 and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’*? 6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."

31 It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’* 32 But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her.* And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

27 You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’* 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

4 They answered, "Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away."*

5 But Jesus told them, "Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart. 6 However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’* 7 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,* 8 and the two will become one flesh.’* So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."

12 And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery."

4 Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

4 Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

4 Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her 26 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her 26 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her 26 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

28 In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church. 30 For we are members of His body.*

28 In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

28 In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church. 30 For we are members of His body.*

22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.

22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her 26 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

28 In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church. 30 For we are members of His body.*

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."* 32 This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church. 33 Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

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."*

33 Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

33 Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

3 But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.

18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

14 And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity. 15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful.

16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

14 And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.

5 Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

7 Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

7 Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

14 You shall not commit adultery.*

17 You shall not covet* your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."

2 But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

3 The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.

3 The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.

5 Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

3 The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.

5 Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

8 Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am. 9 But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. 11 But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

32 I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord. 33 But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife, 34 and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.

39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.*

1 Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.* 2 But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. 19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.*

13 "Food for the stomach and the stomach for food," but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14 By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also.

9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. 6 Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. 7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15 so no one can say that you were baptized into my name. 16 Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that I do not remember if I baptized anyone else. 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with words of wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife. 2 And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?

22 He who finds a wife finds a good thing

and obtains favor from the LORD.

22 He who finds a wife finds a good thing

and obtains favor from the LORD.

22 He who finds a wife finds a good thing

and obtains favor from the LORD.

14 Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers,

but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

18 May your fountain be blessed,

and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:

19 A loving doe, a graceful fawn—

may her breasts satisfy you always;

may you be captivated* by her love forever.

3 Though the lips of the forbidden woman* drip honey

and her speech* is smoother than oil,

4 in the end she is bitter as wormwood,

sharp as a double-edged sword.

5 Her feet go down to death;

her steps lead straight to Sheol.*

6 She does not consider the path of life;

she does not know that her ways are unstable.

7 So now, my sons, listen to me,

and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.

8 Keep your path far from her;

do not go near the door of her house,

9 lest you concede your vigor to others,

and your years to one who is cruel;

3 Though the lips of the forbidden woman* drip honey

and her speech* is smoother than oil,

4 in the end she is bitter as wormwood,

sharp as a double-edged sword.

5 Her feet go down to death;

her steps lead straight to Sheol.*

6 She does not consider the path of life;

she does not know that her ways are unstable.

8 Keep your path far from her;

do not go near the door of her house,

9 lest you concede your vigor to others,

and your years to one who is cruel;

10 lest strangers feast on your wealth,

and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.

11 At the end of your life you will groan

when your flesh and your body are spent,

12 and you will say, "How I hated discipline,

and my heart despised reproof!

13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers

or incline my ear to my mentors.

14 I am on the brink of utter ruin

in the midst of the whole assembly."

19 A loving doe, a graceful fawn—

may her breasts satisfy you always;

may you be captivated* by her love forever.

20 Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress,

or embrace the bosom of a stranger?*

29 So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife;

no one who touches her will go unpunished.

32 He who commits adultery lacks judgment;

whoever does so destroys himself.

32 He who commits adultery lacks judgment;

whoever does so destroys himself.

33 Wounds and dishonor will befall him,

and his reproach will never be wiped away.

34 For jealousy enrages a husband,

and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.

35 He will not be appeased by any ransom,

or persuaded by lavish gifts.

4 A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown,

but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.

9 A man’s heart plans his course,

but the LORD determines his steps.

9 Better to live on a corner of the roof

than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

10 A wife* of noble character, who can find?

She is far more precious than rubies.

15 Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.

16 "For I hate divorce," says the LORD, the God of Israel. "He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,"* says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.

14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

3 For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; 4 each of you must know how to control his own body* in holiness and honor, 5 not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;

15 Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.

10 for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders* and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching

2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife,* temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

12 A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.

6 An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife,* having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.

5 If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.

1 If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce,* hand it to her, and send her away from his house.

13 Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her, 14 and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, "I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin."

15 Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate 16 and say to the elders, "I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to hate her. 17 And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity." And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.

8 You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.

20 You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.

10 If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife— with the wife of his neighbor— both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.

13 If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

7 A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

13 The woman he marries must be a virgin. 14 He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,

6 Set me as a seal over your heart,

as a seal upon your arm.

For love is as strong as death,

its jealousy* as unrelenting as Sheol.

Its sparks are fiery flames,

the fiercest blaze of all.

7 Mighty waters cannot quench love;

rivers cannot sweep it away.

If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love,

his offer would be utterly scorned.

7 Mighty waters cannot quench love;

rivers cannot sweep it away.

If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love,

his offer would be utterly scorned.

7 You are altogether beautiful, my darling;

in you there is no flaw.

5 Your breasts are like two fawns,

twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.

9 You have captured my heart,

my sister, my bride;

you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes,

with one jewel of your neck.

6 His left hand is under my head,

and his right arm embraces me.

2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!

For your love is more delightful than wine.

9 Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting* life that God has given you under the sun — all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.

9 Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting* life that God has given you under the sun — all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.

9 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor. 10 For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up! 11 Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone? 12 And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

14 "Return, O faithless children," declares the LORD, "for I am your master, and I will take you — one from a city and two from a family — and bring you to Zion.

2 When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, "Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD."

2 Rebuke your mother,

rebuke her,

for she is not My wife,

and I am not her husband.

Let her remove the adultery from her face

and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.

36 This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them, 37 therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked.

17 The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife Sarai. 18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, "What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?

1 Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar. 2 So Sarai said to Abram, "Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her."

And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. 3 So after he had lived in Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife.

10 Then the LORD said, "I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!"

Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent. 11 And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing. 12 So she laughed to herself, saying, "After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?"

9 But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother. 10 What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.

24 Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they* named him Solomon.

Now the LORD loved the child

21 But Abijah grew strong, married fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

29 This is the law of jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority, 30 or when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he suspects his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest is to apply to her this entire law.

1 "Shout for joy, O barren woman,

who bears no children;

break forth in song and cry aloud,

you who have never travailed;

because more are the children of the desolate woman

than of her who has a husband,"*

says the LORD.

10 I will rejoice greatly in the LORD,

my soul will exult in my God;

for He has clothed me with garments of salvation

and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness,

as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress,

as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

36 There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in years. She had been married for seven years,

8 "When you are invited to a wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited.

18 Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

27 People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

10 Then Jesus straightened up* and asked her, "Woman, where are your accusers?* Has no one condemned you?"

11 "No one, Lord," she answered.

"Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Now go and sin no more."

29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife* or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.