Hebrews 13:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Marriage

And the bed

General references

Bible References

Marriage

So God created mankind in his own image; in his own image God created them; he created them male and female.

so the LORD God caused a deep sleep to overshadow the man.

"Furthermore, he is to marry a true virgin.

So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to the prophet Huldah, the wife of Tikvah's son Shallum, the grandson of Harhas and supervisor of the royal wardrobe, who lived in the Second Quarter in Jerusalem. They spoke with her,

Drink water from your own cistern, and fresh water from your own well.

After this, I was intimate with the prophetess and she conceived. Later, she bore a son, and then the LORD told me, "Call him "Maher-shalal-hash-baz,'

Because sexual immorality is so rampant, every man should have his own wife, and every woman should have her own husband.

We have the right to take a believing wife with us like the other apostles, the Lord's brothers, and Cephas, don't we?

Therefore, an elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, stable, sensible, respectable, hospitable to strangers, and teachable.

Therefore, I want younger widows to remarry, have children, manage their homes, and not give the enemy any chance to ridicule them.

An elder must be blameless. He must be the husband of one wife and have children who are believers and who are not accused of having wild lifestyles or of being rebellious.

And the bed

No one should be immoral or godless like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.

You know that wicked people will not inherit the kingdom of God, don't you? Stop deceiving yourselves! Sexually immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexuals,

Now the actions of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, promiscuity,

For you know very well that no immoral or impure person, or anyone who is greedy (that is, an idolater), has an inheritance in the kingdom of the Messiah and of God.

So put to death your worldly impulses: sexual sin, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).

Outside are dogs, sorcerers, immoral people, murderers, idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

General references

But the LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

"You are not to commit adultery.

When a man has sexual relations with her and her menstrual uncleanness touches him, he will be unclean for seven days. Every bed where he sleeps will remain unclean.

"You are not to have sexual relations with your neighbor's wife and thereby become ceremonially unclean with her."

"If a man is caught having sexual relations with a married woman, then both of them must die the man who had sex with the woman and the woman herself so that this evil will be removed from Israel.

What would I have from God above, what heritage from the Almighty on high,

Drink water from your own cistern, and fresh water from your own well.

Everything you do should be done lovingly.