Monogamy
10 passages
- 1 Corinthians 7:2
But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
Read it in context - Deuteronomy 17:17
He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.
Read it in context - Genesis 2:24
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
Read it in context - 1 Timothy 3:2
An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
Read it in context - Hebrews 13:4
Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Read it in context - Genesis 2:18
The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
Read it in context - Proverbs 18:22
He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
Read it in context - 1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
Read it in context - Mark 10:8
and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
Read it in context - Proverbs 12:4
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
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