13 Bible Verses about Marriage Controlled

we have it from all quarters, that incest is practis'd among you, and such as is not among the Gentiles, that of a man's having his father's wife.

for John had said to him, it is not lawful for thee to have her.

upon which John told him, "it is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."

he said, "for this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and be attach'd to his wife: and they two shall be one flesh?"

thereupon his disciples said, if the case between man and wife be such, it is best not to marry.

as to the married, I enjoin this rule, not as from my self, but from the Lord, that a woman should not leave her husband:

but I say unto you, whoever shall put away his wife, except in the case of adultery, is the occasion of her being an adulteress, and he that shall marry her is an adulterer.

a bishop therefore ought to be of an unspotted character, to have but one wife, to be sober, prudent, grave, hospitable, and qualified for teaching:

to chuse such as are without reproach, married to but one wife, whose children are obedient, not accused of debauchery, nor unruly.

a deacon must have but one wife, and govern his children, and the rest of the family in a proper manner.

Let none be put upon the list of widows, but such as are at least threescore years of age, and have been married but once:

The wife is bound as long as her husband lives: but if her husbnd be dead, she is at liberty to be married, if she pleases; provided it be to a christian.

now a married woman is bound by the law to her living husband: but if her husband dieth, she is released from the marriage-contract.