Hebrews 13:4

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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

And God created man in His image; in the image of God He created him. He created them male and female.

And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept. And He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh underneath.

And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

And Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. And she lived in Jerusalem in the second part. And they talked with her.

Drink waters out of your own cistern, and running waters out of your own well.

And I went to the prophetess. And she conceived and bore a son. Then Jehovah said to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz Make Haste to Plunder.

But, because of the fornications, let each have his own wife, and let each have her own husband.

Do we not have authority to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brothers of the Lord do, and Cephas?

Then it behooves the overseer to be without reproach, husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, well-ordered, hospitable, apt at teaching,

Therefore I want the younger ones to marry, bear children, guide the house, giving no occasion to the adversary because of reproach.

if anyone is blameless, husband of one wife, having believing children, not accused of loose behavior, or disobedient.

And the bed

(lest there be any fornicator, or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright.

Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor abusers, nor homosexuals,

Now the works of the flesh are clearly revealed, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lustfulness,

For you know this, that no fornicator, or unclean person, or covetous one (who is an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness (which is idolatry),

But outside are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and makes a lie.

General references

And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

You shall not commit adultery.

And if any man lies with her at all, and her impurity is on him, he shall be unclean seven days. And every bed on which he lies shall be unclean.

And you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, to defile yourself with her.

If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman. So you shall put away evil from Israel.

For what is the portion from God above? And what is the inheritance from the Almighty on high?

Drink waters out of your own cistern, and running waters out of your own well.

Let all your things be done in charity.