Marriage

The Putting Away Of Sin

Hebrews 9:26

… This phrase in the English version is used in reference to an unfaithful wife when she was "put away." Her husband gave her a bill of divorcement, and …

Religion—a Reality

Deuteronomy 32:47

… your wife, and let us hear what she says about you." The woman has come, and we have said "Well, what think you of your husband now, ma …

The First and the Second

Hebrews 10:9

… Husband or wife, brother or sister—some of these dear ones are gone Home. The members of your family have nearly all gone, now, and you are left …

Fellowship With Christ

1 Corinthians 10:16

… What? A wife happy if her husband smiles not on her? And is not Christ my Husband and shall I be blessed, shall I be easy, if He …

Glorying in the Lord

1 Corinthians 1:31

… No fickle lover is He! He is no husband who sues out a divorce against his errant spouse. "Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement that …

The Bridegroom's Parting Words

Solomon 8:13

… seeks the company of that which it loves! What would a husband say if his wife were seen to be chatty and cheerful to everybody else, but never …

A Mighty Plea

Psalm 27:9

… Or perhaps there was disease in your house—one child had gone, another was sickening—your wife was laid by. You were unable, yourself, to lift hand or …

The Overflowing Cup

Psalm 23:5

… Your husband feels, with regard to you, "Good woman. I know nothing in which I could find fault with her, except that she finds fault with others and …

A Sermon and a Reminiscence

1 Peter 2:7

… carried by the dragoon to the poor bereaved wife and he asked her what she thought of her husband's face, now, she said that he never looked …

Rough, But Friendly

Genesis 42:25

… There comes stroke after stroke—husband dies, child is buried, the property is wasted—yet the dear child says, "I cannot weep or repine, for I feel God …

A Miracle of Grace

… He becomes her husband, and forbids her to attend the house of God. As for his children, they may, perhaps, be sent to the Sunday School to get …

A King Sent in Love

2 Chronicles 2:11

… That woman is sure to be a blessing to her husband and to her children." I would to God that our character was so transparent, so true, pure …

The Sheep Before The Shearers

Isaiah 53:7

… The husband is taken away, or perhaps the wife. Little children are taken away, property is taken away, health is taken away. Sometimes the shears even cut off …

Fourfold Satisfaction

Jeremiah 31:14

… You look back, with great sorrow, to the loss of a dear husband, wife, brother, sister, father, mother—yes, but you know where they are and you have …

Soul Satisfaction

Psalm 35:3

… I am glad, poor woman, that you are anxious for your husband. It is a good thing that you, husband, should pray for your wife, but oh, remember …

A Vivid Contrast

John 7:53

… could not he find Him a shelter? Peter had a wife, for we read of his wife's mother lying sick of a fever and being cured by …

The Greatest Wonder of Grace

Ezekiel 9:8

… Next, will my relatives be saved? My wife, my husband, my children, my brother, my sister, my father, my mother— will these all be saved? Happy are we …

Spiritual Convalescence

Zechariah 10:12

… endurance unto the end, "looking unto Jesus." As the wife of the Persian nobleman said, when her husband asked her what she thought of Darius, that she had …

The Filling of Empty Vessels

2 Kings 4:3

… Her husband had been among the persecuted and having been, by oppression, deprived of all that he had, it came to pass that when he died he left …

The Test of Taste

1 Peter 2:3

… I hear a good wife say, "I hope my husband has tasted that the Lord is gracious." My good Friend, go on hoping—but your husband must know …

A Dirge for the Down-grade and a Song For Faith

Isaiah 66:10

… but in life and power? Am I towards my children, towards my husband, towards my wife, towards my servants as I ought to be? Are we as upright …

True Prayer—True Power!

Mark 11:24

… If a wife had forsaken her husband do you think she would have the impudence, with brazen forehead, to come back and ask pardon for leaning on the …

Binding Up Broken Hearts

Isaiah 61:1

… Son to heal you! Do you not remember what Manoah's wife said to him? Her husband said to her, "We shall surely die because we have seen …

Jesus—"All Blessing and All Blessed"

Psalm 72:17

… There was a change in his wife. You would hardly know the woman—she is so different from the wretched slut and slave who called him, "husband," with …

The God of the Aged

Isaiah 46:4

… There, perhaps, he has laid a beloved wife, and he goes to weep there; or, the husband sleeps, while the wife is yet alive. Sons and daughters, too …

Fire! Fire! Fire!

Isaiah 43:2

… If Lot’s wife were a solitary specimen, it were well, but there have been tens of thousands who, like her, have looked back to the plains of …

Heart'S Ease

Psalm 112:7

… His wife tried to comfort him but failed. But being a very wise woman she gave it up till the morning. In the morning when she came downstairs …

The Deceitfulness of Sin

Hebrews 3:13

… about ourselves. "Exhort one another daily." Watch over your own children, your wife, your husband and then do not forget your neighbors and fellow workmen. Cry to God …

The Church's Probation

Psalm 66:10

… I will give him that wife, I will give her that husband—I will see, now, whether I really am King in that heart or not." And in …

A Sad Interior and a Cheery Messenger

Mark 16:10

… concerning your brother, or father, or mother, or child, or sister, or husband, or wife! They who have fallen asleep in Jesus have only gone over into the …

Our Lord before Herod

Luke 23:8

… But when, at last John began to denounce him for having taken his brother's wife to be his paramour, while yet the brother lived, he cast his …

Gladness For Sadness

Psalm 90:15-17

… But if your child were there— your boy, your girl, or if your husband or your wife were there, or even if anyone you knew were there—your …

The Inexhaustible Barrel

1 Kings 17:16

… She had not only to suffer the famine which had fallen upon all her neighbors, but her husband was taken from her. He would have shared with her …

Man, Whose Breath Is In His Nostrils

Isaiah 2:22

… It has come closer and stolen the child from its mother and the wife from the husband. Man is always dying while he lives. Oh, set not all …

Heaven's Nurse Children

Hosea 11:3

… to it! We would have some favourite child to lean upon, or husband, or wife, or friend. Our abilities, or something or other that we can see and …

Faith—What Is It? How Can It Be Obtained?

Ephesians 2:8

… A lady is the wife of the most eminent physician of the day. She is seized with a dangerous illness and is struck down by its power. Yet …

Poverty and Riches

2 Corinthians 8:9

… reverence can be due to us except that every wife is to "see that she reverences her husband"? That is Scriptural—but it is never said that every …

Heart Disease Curable

Isaiah 61:1

… One laments, "I have lost my wife." Another bemoans herself, "I have lost my husband." Or a third cries, "My mother is gone." Or a fourth, with motherly …

Joy in Salvation

Psalm 9:4

… being where Jesus is as ever bride was at the coming of the marriage day. It was delightful to see the blessed calm and peace that was upon …

The Swift Camels

1 Kings 4:20-28

… I greatly question the love of that man who can tolerate unchastity in his wife—certainly the Husband of the Church will not do so! The love of …