Marriage

A Blessed Gospel Chain

John 14:23

… wearing the spotless robe of His righteousness—love Him! You who call Him, "Husband," love Him—you who are married to Him—united in bonds that can never …

"A Man Named Matthew"

Matthew 9:9

… Jesus? Have you brought your children to Jesus? Have your prayers brought your husband to Jesus? Have your entreaties brought your brethren to Jesus? If not, you have …

Fields White For Harvest

John 4:35

… He said to her, "Go call your husband, and come here." This is the blessing about the Gospel—that if it gets into one person's heart it …

Darkness Before the Dawn

Solomon 2:17

… O You Husband of my soul, if I have grieved You, and You have hidden Your face from me, turn again to me! Smile, for then shall the …

A Challenge and War Cry

1 Corinthians 15:55-58

… The widow, weeping, tells you that she does not feel your sting, for her husband is in Heaven and she is following him as speedily as time can …

Cleansing—a Covenant Blessing

Ezekiel 36:25

… If you want to kill your husband, idolize him. If you desire ill to a beloved one, set him up in Christ's place. We can, alas, make …

"The King Can Do No Wrong"

2 Samuel 3:36

… more to me Baali, my lord, my master, but Ishi, my Man, my Husband! He has given Himself that name to show the closeness of His relationship to …

The Shortest of the Seven Cries

John 19:28

… Sister, thirst for the salvation of your class, thirst for the redemption of your family, thirst for the conversion of your husband. We ought all to have a …

Let Us Go Forth

Hebrews 13:13

… You must follow Christ, whatever may be the enmity you excite— remembering that unless you love Christ better than husband, or father, or mother, yes and your own …

Rubbish

Nehemiah 4:10

… It is the Bridegroom, not the bride, that is to make the bride fit for her Husband. So says the Scripture. "Christ loved the Church and gave Himself …

Patients for the Great Physician

Luke 5:31

… My husband always said I was the best of wives. As for my neighbors, I have got up in the middle of the night to nurse them. If …

"Your Salvation"

Luke 2:28-30

… that nothing was to be seen but a young peasant woman and her husband bringing their poor offering to redeem their first-born child. The frequenters of the …

The Backslider's Door of Hope

Hosea 2:15

… Therefore, come home to your first Husband—that is God's own metaphor—for it was better with you then, than now! Oh, that the blessed Spirit would …

A Gracious Dismissal

Luke 7:50

… go home and see to the children and make home happy for your husband. You will glorify Christ by darning stockings and mending the socks of the little …

The Incomparable Bridegroom and His Bride

Solomon 5:9

… so lovely would be likely to have an eye to loveliness in her Husband and, consequently, they considered her judgment to be worth some attention—and so they …

A Prince and a Savior

Acts 5:31

… hardness of rulership, but Ishi, "My Lord," because you are My man, My husband. Even so Jesus is our Head and Lord, but His rule is that of …

Trials Expected and Conquered

Isaiah 43:2

… a hard-working woman, with many children and, perhaps, a drunk for a husband, manages even to existwithout trusting in God! Oh dear, dear, dear, dear, dear, dear …

Sihon and Og, or Mercies in Detail

Psalm 136:17-22

… as occasions of special grief or aggravations of a heavy sorrow. "My dear husband is taken away," says the disconsolate widow. And, unwilling to mingle her tears indiscriminately …

Taking Hold of God's Covenant

Isaiah 56:4

… the land of Egypt; which My Covenant they broke, although I was an husband unto them, said the LORD. But this shall be the Covenant that I will …

The Sweet Harp of Consolation

Isaiah 41:10

… the promise, "Fear not, for I am with you." "Your Maker is your husband." A Father of the fatherless, and a Judge of the widow is God in …

Good Works In Good Company

Solomon 7:11-13

… The spouse seems abruptly to break off from listening to the song of the virgins and turns to her own husband-Lord, communion with whom is ever blessed …

Glimpses of Essex and Cambridgeshire Life, 1853

… Better than wife or child is our Beloved; you can sing, — “Yes, Thou art precious to my soul, My transport and my trust; Jewels to Thee are gaudy …

A Discourse Upon True Blessedness Here and Hereafter

James 1:12

… Have you any pain? Have you endured the loss of children or husband? If not, be not too sure of your patience. But blessed are they whose patience …

Work in Us and Work by Us

Colossians 1:29

… Suppose it is your child, your unconverted husband, or your brother—and you are enabled to say in yourself, "I have continual heaviness for my kinsmen according to …

Jesus!

Matthew 1:21

… And she that is the queen all glorious within, wearing her raiment of worked gold shall sit down at the table of God with her glorious Husband—then …

Grace Abounding

Hosea 14:4

… the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them.” The covenant of grace is as wide as the poles asunder from …

Forty Years

Deuteronomy 2:7

… Let us have a new wedding day, ourselves, and give ourselves over again to the Husband of our souls, even Jesus the Well-Beloved. Are you tired of …

The Blood of Sprinkling

Hebrews 12:24

… Of that covenant the Lord says, "which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them." He never brake his covenant, but they brake it; for …

Perfect Restoration

Zechariah 10:6

… But God says even to you, "Come back, come back, though you have unchastely left the Husband of your soul, yet is He prepared to receive you, again …

Abraham's Prompt Obedience to the Call of God

Hebrews 11:8

… believer in the louse? Come, good woman, dare you serve the Lord, though husband and children ridicule you? Man of business, dare you do the right thing in …

Too Good to Be Saved!

Luke 18:14

… Probably someone had come and taken away from her the little bit of land that her husband had left her, upon the produce of which she and the …

The Danger of Unconfessed Sin

Psalm 32:3

… Have I trained them up for God as I should? I am a husband. There are sins in that relationship. I am an employer. There are sins in …

God's Glory in the Building Up of Zion

Psalm 102:16

… away, if she is deserted, then where is her Captain, her Head, her Husband? But as His honor must be safe, so shall hers be! Zion shall be …

The Preacher’s Power, and the Conditions of Obtaining It

… I have also got a spear-head fixed on a pole, and my wife has an electric apparatus which will ring a bell, and give an alarm outside …

The Census of Israel

Numbers 16:66

… days are dawning, the Church will be prepared as a bride for her husband—and if tribulation is to come to try all the earth, she shall be …

"Your First Love"

Jeremiah 2:2

… the only good thing about her speech, which was that she called her husband, "lord"—"For after this manner in the old time the holy women, also, who …

The Dew of Christ's Youth

Psalm 110:3

… If I shall not need Him as a Shepherd, I shall need Him as a Husband, as a Priest, as a King so that I may forever serve …

Alpha And Omega

Revelation 22:13

… The Church of Rome has forgotten her first husband and played the harlot, committing fornication with the kings of the earth. But there was a faithful bride found …

Sin Condemned And Executed By Christ Jesus

Romans 8:3

… The heart is kept for God! The heart of the Christian is inviolate and chaste for the soul's true Husband, the Lord Jesus. Sin is slain in …

Our Lord's Humanity a Sweet Source of Comfort

Daniel 10:18

… Himself, so that I say, "My Father," and with the next breath, "My Brother, my Friend, my Husband, my Best-Beloved." I wonder what we should have done …