Marriage

Consolation in Christ

Philippians 2:1

… a-day, penniless and childless, the patriarch might weep; but, looking on his wife, he would say, “There still remaineth one sweet comforter, my well-beloved spouse.” She …

A Little Sanctuary

Ezekiel 11:16

… One never says, "My dear great wife," but we are apt to say, "My dear little wife." We speak thus of things which are not "little" really, but …

Place for the Word

John 8:37

… His wife weeps, for he was the mainstay of the household, the bread-winner of the family. The poor woman wonders how he is to be buried. Well …

The Vision of the Field

Ezekiel 36:9

… He asked his wife what his name was and she said, "John Wellman." Whereupon he perceived that he must be alive. At last he understood it to mean …

Two Ancient Proverbs

Proverbs 29:25

… for I sent you to him." Pilate's wife warns him that she has suffered much in a dream because of Christ, and she says, "Have nothing to …

Up from the Country and Pressed Into Service

Mark 15:21

… If his son was the same Rufus that Paul mentions, then he calls her, "his mother and mine." And so, it would seem that Simon's wife and …

Obadiah; or, Early Piety Eminent Piety

1 Kings 18:12

… He might never have been the persecutor he was if his wife had not stirred him up; but she hated the worship of Jehovah intensely, and despised the …

'Take Away the Frogs'

Exodus 8:8

… He took from him the wife of his youth, to whom his heart was knit. But this made him more worldly than before because his wife had been …

"Jesus Only" —a Communion Meditation

Mark 9:8

… You have a wife and children. You have houses, lands, a name, honor and reputation. You seem to have everything! What is there that you have not? I …

Simple But Sound

John 9:25

… his wife and children fled to hide from him! And now that man—see him when he goes home—how he is welcomed by his wife, how the …

Laboring And Not Fainting

Revelation 2:3

… He that puts his hand to the plow and looks back is not worthy of the kingdom. "Remember Lot's wife." Shall I repeat that prescription, for it …

Let Him Deliver Him Now

Matthew 27:43

… He had been warned of this by Zeresh, his wife, and his wise men, who said, " If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou …

Present Privilege And Future Favor

Deuteronomy 33:27

… His wife is carried to the grave—every earthly prop is cut away. What then? He goes down, down, down—yet still underneath him are the everlasting arms …

Paul—His Cloak And His Books

2 Timothy 4:13

… The wife to whom he was probably once united—for no unmarried man could vote in the Sanhedrim as Paul did against Stephen—had fallen sick and died …

Untitled Sermon

Acts 9:32-35

… John Brown, do you believe that Jesus Christ can cure you? I do not care, John, what your faith is about your wife's case—it is about …

The Covenant Promise of the Spirit

Ezekiel 36:27

… Our dearly beloved friend, Adolph Saphir, passed away last Saturday and his wife died three or four days before him. When my dear Brother, Dr. Sinclair Patteson, went …

Mary Magdalene

Mark 16:9

… That bag which Judas carried would always have been empty had it not been for this woman of Magdala, and for the wife of Herod's steward (and …

A Discourse to the Despairing

Genesis 42:1

… I have more than I can do to take care of my own wife and children." So is it when one sinner looks upon another sinner. If really …

The Weary Dove's Return

Genesis 8:9

… You, and your wife, and your sons, and your sons' wives with you. Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you, of all flesh, both …

The Substance Of True Religion

Job 19:28

… My wife is strange to me, my kinsfolk fail me—but I know that my Redeemer lives! Bildad and Zophar and others of them all condemn me, but …

Omniscience

Genesis 16:13

… He said to her, “Go, call thy husband, and come hither.” There was something there which smote her heart; she could not evade the confession of her guilt …

Cambridge Life and Letters, 1850-1851

… They are rich; her husband is a good, kind sort of man, but he is not, I fear, a renewed man. She has wave upon wave. She has …

The Arrows Of The Lord'S Deliverance

2 Kings 13:19

… will say to him, "Come with me! I want you to leave your wife and children tonight! Come with me," and away the man goes to some low …

The History of Little-Faith

Matthew 14:31

… sinned twice by distrust when he did not acknowledge Sarah to be his wife. Peter's mixture of unbelief was not to be justified, nor may it be …

The Hearing of Faith

Galatians 3:2

… I have heard of one who had a dream in which he thought he stood at the gates of Heaven and his wife with him. She went in …

Abraham's Great Reward

Genesis 15:1

… Remember how Elkanah comforted his wife, Hannah, when she sorrowed because she had no children? Am not I better to you than ten sons?" And as he drew …

A Bottle in the Smoke

Psalm 119:83

… Do not let others say, you ought not feel it so much, because your husband is dead, or your child is dead, or you have lost your property …

The Hexapla Of Mystery

1 Timothy 3:16

… a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but 1 …

The Sinner's Refuge

Numbers 35:11

… commandment if He had made an ordinance that they should have but one wife. It was the same with this matter of blood-revenge—it was so firmly …

Strong Meat

Hebrews 5:14

… Since the promise was not performed to Sarah, and no offspring had been born to Abraham, Sarah suggests that Abraham should take to himself a concubinary wife, Hagar …

A Private Enquiry

1 Samuel 3:17

… She said, "I am So-and-So's wife. He finished these goods, but he is dead." My friend said that the words were like a bullet to …

Mercy's Master Motive

Isaiah 48:9-11

… You had your children about you, and your wife made you glad, and you lived almost without prayer, without reading the scriptures; God therefore hid his face from …

A Powerful Reason For Coming To Christ

Mark 3:8

… Three of our friends had been writing hard for me all day and my wife, expecting them to tea, had spread the table bountifully and adorned it with …

God Our Continual Resort

Psalm 71:3

… But at home, a man feels, "Well, these dear children and the dear wife of my love, and these kind friends—I am not afraid of them—they …

Sabbath-work

John 5:9

… said, "Sir, I cannot tell you now, but I will write tomorrow—my wife is set at liberty!" He wrote to tell me how she had been in …

Rain and Grace—a Parallel

Job 38:25-27

… near the shores of Australia, sat down and read a sermon which his wife had put into his box—and God met with him there! The Lord has …

Faithful Stewardship

1 Corinthians 4:2

… Abraham said, "The steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus," and Abraham trusted him to go and find a wife for Isaac. So does our Lord …

An Ancient Question Modernized

Ezekiel 24:19

… EZEKIEL'S wife died. His heart was bleeding, but he received orders from his Divine Master that he should not mourn, nor weep, nor make any sign of …

Mahanaim—or, Hosts Of Angels

Genesis 32:1

… that has left house, or brother, or sister, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for My sake, but he shall receive an hundred-fold …

Others To Be Gathered In

Isaiah 56:8

… with a threat, but just with a look and a tear? Did your wife never vanquish you in the same fashion? You were a free agent, but yet …