Bible Verses about monogamy

Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

~ 1 Timothy 3:2 ESV

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And you shall not take a woman as a rival wife to her sister, uncovering her nakedness while her sister is still alive.

Leviticus 18:18 ESV

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But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.

~ 1 Corinthians 7:2 ESV

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And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”

~ Matthew 19:9 ESV

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But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

~ Matthew 5:32 ESV

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Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”

~ Genesis 2:18 ESV

#headship #marriage and the family #companionship #love wife #womanhood #creativity #being alone #having children out of wedlock #finding a good husband #marriage and family #wanting to get married

And the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh.

Mark 10:8 ESV

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‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife,

Mark 10:7 ESV

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Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. ...

1 Corinthians 7:1-40 ESV

#Headship #Controlling Our Emotions #Being A Good Wife #Casting Stones #Betrothed #Legal Separation #Cohabitation #Falling Into Temptation #Marrying A Non Believer #Emotional Infidelity #Braiding Your Hair