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

God created man in his own image. In the image of God he created him. He created male and female.

Jehovah God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and closed up the place with flesh.

The anointed priest should marry a virgin.

So the priest Hilkiah, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to talk to the prophet Huldah. She was the wife of Shallum, son of Tikvah and grandson of Harhas. Shallum was in charge of the royal wardrobe. Huldah was living in the Second Part of Jerusalem.

Drink water from your own cistern. Drink running water from your own well.

I slept with the prophetess. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Jehovah told me: Name him Maher Shalal Hash Baz.

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

Do we have a right to lead a sister as a wife just like other apostles, and as brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate in habits, sound in mind, orderly, hospitable, qualified to teach;

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for reviling.

A blameless man will be the husband of one wife. He will have children that believe and who are not accused of violence and disobedience.

And the bed

Let no one become immoral or unspiritual like Esau. He sold his birthright for a single meal!

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither fornicators, nor people who worship idols, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

Now the works of the flesh (sinful human nature) are apparent. They are: fornication, uncleanness, loose conduct,

For you know this with certainty, that no fornicator, no unclean person, no covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Make your members that are upon the earth dead with regard to fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness (greed), which is idolatry.

Outside are the dogs (impure men) and those who practice spiritism, and fornicators, and murderers, and idolaters, and everyone who tells lies.'

General references

Jehovah inflicted serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram's wife Sarai.

Do not commit adultery.

If a man has sexual intercourse with her while she has her period, he will be unclean for seven days. Any bed he lies on will become unclean.

Do not have sexual intercourse with your neighbor's wife and become unclean with her.

If a man is caught having sexual intercourse with another mans wife, then both of them shall die! Both the man and the woman committing adultery must be killed. Thus you shall purge the evil from Israel.

What is man's lot from God above, his heritage from the Almighty on high?

Drink water from your own cistern. Drink running water from your own well.

Do everything with love.