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 after his likeness, after the likeness of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Then the LORD God cast a slumber on Adam, and he slept. And then he took out one of his ribs, and in stead thereof he filled up the place with flesh.

"'He shall take a maiden unto his wife:

And Hilkiah the high priest and Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went unto Huldah the Prophetess, wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah the son of Harahas keeper of the robes - which Prophetess dwelt in Jerusalem in the second ward - and communed with her.

Drink of the water of thine own well, and of the rivers that run out of thine own springs.

After that went I unto the Prophetess, that now had conceived and born a son. Then said the LORD to me, "Give him this name: Mahershalahashbaz.

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his wife: and let every woman have her husband.

Either, have we not power to lead about a sister to wife as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

Yea, and a bishop must be faultless, the husband of one wife, sober, discreet, honestly appareled, harborous, apt to teach,

I will therefore that the younger women marry and bear children, and guide the house, and give none occasion to the adversary to speak evil.

If any be faultless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, which are not slandered of riot, neither are disobedient.

And the bed

and that there be no fornicator, or unclean person, as Esau, which for one breakfast sold his birthright.

Do ye not remember how that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived. For neither fornicators, neither worshippers of images, neither whoremongers, neither weaklings, neither abusers of themselves with mankind,

The deeds of the flesh are manifest, which are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, wantonness,

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, either unclean person, or covetous person, which is the worshipper of images, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ, and of God.

Mortify therefore your members which are on the earth; fornication, uncleanness, unnatural lust, evil concupiscence, and covetousness which is worshipping of idols:

For without shall be dogs and enchanters, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth or maketh lies.

General references

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

"Thou shalt not break wedlock.

And if a man lie with her in the mean time, he shall be put apart as well as she and shall be unclean seven days, and all his couch wherein he sleepeth shall be unclean.

"'Thou shalt not lie with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.

If a man be found lying with a woman that hath a wedded husband, they shall die: both the man that lie with the wife, and also the wife. So shalt thou put away evil from Israel.

For how great a portion shall I have of God from above? And what inheritance from the Almighty on high?

Drink of the water of thine own well, and of the rivers that run out of thine own springs.

Let all your business be done in love.