Marriage

Thoughts on the Last Battle

1 Corinthians 15:56-57

… righteousness, who adorns us as a bride in her jewels as a husband arrays his wife with ornaments. 3. Yet again; the law gives strength to sin from …

Must He?

Luke 19:5

… I will make his wife wonder what has changed him. I will make all his children say, 'What has come over Father?' I will make the whole parish …

The Church As She Should Be

Solomon 6:4

… Remember how Haman’s wife enquired concerning Mordecai whether he belonged to the seed of the Jews; for if he did, then she foretold that her husband’s …

Conceit Rebuked

Job 34:33

… Have you ever heard of the woman who was in a great storm at sea and terribly frightened? She saw her husband, who was the captain of the …

Psalm 64

Psalm 64

… Sometimes he useth a wife's tongue to do his errand; another while he gets behind the back of a husband, friend, servant, etc., and is not seen …

Christ—The Power and Wisdom of God

1 Corinthians 1:24

… I have seen the wife’s glad eye sparkling with happiness; and many a woman has grasped me by the hand, shed her tears upon me, and said …

Divine and Human Ordination

… S——, that I must not spend more than my income; and (if married), that I must be a good husband, and not let the wife say that, being …

Away With Fear

Isaiah 41:10

… Now when her husband saw that dear child die, he was exceedingly mad against God, and said many a hard and bitter thing, but his wife did not …

The Dove'S Return To The Ark

Genesis 8:9

… Why do you not tarry at home with your Husband and liege Lord? Why do you go abroad where all is empty and void and waste? Yet we …

Letters on Private and Public Affairs, 1856-1890 (Continued)

… Higgs, when her dear husband was " called home," will show how fully the Pastor sympathized with her and the whole " January 3, 1883. " Dear Friend, " How I wish …

Seeing Is Not Believing, But Believing Is Seeing

1 Peter 1:8

… Ask his wife and she says, "Never was there such a change! Our home is happy, our children happy! We have happy mornings and evenings for my husband …

Delay Is Dangerous

Genesis 24:55

… He knew that Isaac would make a good husband for her. And we know that Jesus Christ will make a blessed Husband to your souls. He will enrich …

Jesus, The Stumbling Stone Of Unbelievers

1 Peter 2:7

… Be as wise as Haman's wife when she warned her husband that if Mordecai was of the seed of the Jews, before whom he had begun to …

Heaven and Hell

Matthew 8:11-12

… children that thou hast given me.” We shall recognize our friends:—husband, you will know your wife again. Mother, you will know those dear babes of yours—you …

The Source

John 4:11

… The woman answered and said, Ihave no husband. Jesus said unto her, You have well said, Ihave no husband: for you have had five husbands; and he who …

Joy, a Duty

Philippians 4:4

… Shall the wife love the jewels that her husband gave her more than she loves him who gave them to her? That were an evil love, or no …

Fever and Its Cure

Luke 4:38

… And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever, and they besought Him for her. And He stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and …

The Love of Our Espousals

Jeremiah 2:2

… The Lord remembers it too. "I remember it," He says, "I remember it." As the husband remembers the first love of his wife and, perhaps, tells her of …

Psalm 63

Psalm 63

… a marriage of the Lord's making is altogether incapable of the devil's breaking. It is no wonder David's words report him so much devoted to …

The Tenderness of Jesus

Hebrews 4:15

… She had evidently gone to Shiloh to make petition for a child, since her husband's other wife had been cruel to her because of her barrenness. She …

Love Thy Neighbour

Matthew 19:19

… Her husband died a long while ago. She was three weeks back in her rent; the last time, to pay you, she sold off her late husband’s …

A Distinction with a Difference

Luke 1:18

… Lot was commanded not to look towards Sodom, but his wife, after looking to Sodom, was turned into a pillar of salt. And yet that morning Abraham got …

Honor for Honor

1 Samuel 2:30

… year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, the LORD give you seed of …

The Unkept Vineyard—or, Personal Work Neglected

Solomon 1:6

… Neither husband nor wife occupied any place of influence in the household—they were simply the slaves of their children—their children made themselves vile and they restrained …

Never! Never! Never! Never! Never!

Hebrews 13:5

… Would you, a husband, neglect your wife? Is it not a shame to a man, unless he nourisheth and cherisheth her even as his own body, and will …

Entangled in the Land

Exodus 14:3

… father? Possibly the convert is a wife. How is she to be a Christian if she is married to an ungodly husband? Our earthly loves have great power …

'Here I Am!'

1 Samuel 3:4

… year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give you seed of …

Our Motto

Ephesians 6:7

… Our Lord will be aut Caesar aut nullus, either ruler or nothing! My Master is a jealous Husband—He will not tolerate a stray thought of love elsewhere …

A Faithful Friend

Proverbs 18:24

… Get Christ’s love shed abroad in your hearts, and your mother’s love, your daughter’s love, your husband’s love, your wife’s love, will become …

Ears Bored to the Doorpost

Exodus 21:5

… SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON, ON LORD'S-DAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1866. "And if the servant shall'plainlysay, Ilove my master, my wife, and my children …

The Tomb of Jesus

Matthew 28:6

… grave of thy dearest relative, O Christian, for Jesus is thy husband, “Thy maker is thy husband, the Lord of Hosts is his name.” Doth not affection draw …

Meal-time in the Cornfields

… Is it not so? Doth not the wife share with the husband? All those promises which are “yea and amen in Christ” shall be yours; nay, they all …

Hagar at the Fountain

Genesis 16:13

… Husband and wife were both old and well stricken in years. No special mention had been made of Sarai in the promise as it then stood and, therefore …

Noah's Eminence

Genesis 7:1

… of the servant concerning his master? What is the judgment of the wife concerning her husband? What does the parent or the brother or sister say? I solemnly …

The Power of the Holy Ghost

Romans 15:13

… wife of yours, for whom you have supplicated so frequently; do not doubt the Spirit’s power. “Though he tarry, wait for him.” There is thy husband, O …

Fear of Death

Hebrews 2:15

… It will take the wife from the husband and the child from the mother—and we must leave behind us many who have been our comrades in the …

The Wailing of Risca

Jeremiah 4:20

… if they should die to-morrow? “Yes,” says the wife, “I have thought of speaking to my ungodly husband, and trying to induce him to attend the house …

Jerusalem the Guilty

Luke 13:33

… of Him who gave them! Master Brookes says, "Suppose a loving husband were to hang his wife's ears with earrings, and put jewels about her neck, and …

Swooning and Reviving Christ's Feet

… the precious wife may be taken home; but Christ says, “I am alive for evermore.” The believing heart can never be a widow, for its Husband is the …

But a Step

1 Samuel 20:3

… I remember well the story of a husband who had grieved his wife. I do not know what had happened—some little awkward word or deed. He went …