Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

Bible References

That

1 Corinthians 7:1
Now about what you asked: "Is it advisable for a man not to marry?"
Jeremiah 16:2
"You are not to take a wife, nor are you to have sons or daughters in this place."
Matthew 24:19
"How terrible it will be for women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days!
Luke 21:23
"How terrible it will be for those women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days! because there will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.
Luke 23:28
But Jesus turned to them and said, "Women of Jerusalem, stop crying for me. Instead, cry for yourselves and for your children,
1 Peter 4:17
For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. And if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who refuse to obey the gospel of God?

General references

Jeremiah 16:2
"You are not to take a wife, nor are you to have sons or daughters in this place."
Matthew 19:10
His disciples asked him, "If that is the relationship of a man with his wife, it's not worth getting married!"
1 Corinthians 7:8
I say to those who are unmarried, especially to widows: It is good for them to remain like me.

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