Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

He that

That belong to the lord

General references

Bible References

I would

Psalm 55:22
Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Matthew 6:25
For this cause I say unto you, Do not be careful about your life, what ye should eat and what ye should drink; nor for your body what ye should put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?
Matthew 13:22
And he that is sown among the thorns this is he who hears the word, and the anxious care of this life, and the deceit of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
Philippians 4:6
Be careful about nothing; but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

He that

1 Timothy 5:5
Now she who is a widow indeed, and is left alone, has put her hope in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.

That belong to the lord

1 Corinthians 7:34
There is a difference between the wife and the virgin. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but she that has married cares for the things of the world, how she shall please her husband.

General references

Matthew 19:10
His disciples say to him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
1 Corinthians 7:8
But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them that they remain even as I.