Marriage

The First Resurrection

Revelation 20:4

… And everyone who has forsaken houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for My name's sake, shall receive an …

All Things Are Ready, Come

Luke 14:17

… The fullness of time for the marriage supper of the Lamb must speedily arrive and, therefore, it behooves us to be more than ever earnest in delivering the …

Beauty for Ashes

Isaiah 61:3

… The allusion is to the nuptial tiara which men wore on their marriage day. The Lord's mourners are to be decked with crowns of delight instead of …

The Lily Among Thorns

Solomon 2:2

… We take it for granted that the Song of Solomon is a sacred marriage song between Christ and His Church and that it is the Lord Jesus who …

Manoah's Wife and Her Excellent Argument

Judges 13:22

… have the pick of their company—and the wife has more faith than the husband, they will visit the wife sooner than her spouse, for they love to …

A Present Religion

1 John 3:2

… debtor and the creditor, between the father and the child, between the husband and the wife, in heaven, for all relationships shall have passed away. Religion must be …

The Hunger and Thirst Which Are Blessed

Matthew 5:6

… Try a poor dockyard laborer, or, better still, his wife and children, and they will eat meat without mustard, and bread without butter. The hungry man will eat …

Decision—Illustrated by the Case of Joshua

Joshua 24:15

… there never be an open marriage? Will you never take Him publicly before the eyes of men to be your Lord and Husband forever and ever? Does Jesus …

Messages to Sinners and Saints

Isaiah 30:15

… how do you know, O wife, but that you may be the means of saving your unbelieving husband, and that you, O husband, may be the means of …

"Your Rowers Have Brought You Into Great Waters"

Ezekiel 27:26

… of adulterous souls are still bid to come back to their first husband because the marriage bond still holds good and the Lord will neither let them go …

Constraining Love

Psalm 31:23

… No, I fear by years together! Oh, what Christians must you be! Where is that wife's love who never wishes for a husband's smile all through …

'In Remembrance'

1 Corinthians 11:24

… And maybe a wife was there, or a husband was there—and you felt the separation from them very sorely—and all the more because you feared that …

Cheer For The Faint-Hearted

Judges 13:23

… But you say, "Where are the ones low in faith just now?" Wife, perhaps it is your husband! Husband, perhaps it is your wife! It may be, daughter …

The Clean and the Unclean

Leviticus 11:2

… They could not join in social intercourse, as we have already seen; and hence marriage with any other nation would be, not only, as it was, prohibited by …

Prayer-Its Discouragements and Encouragements

Matthew 15:23

… months were over, her husband came home once, in the middle of the day, looking dejected and downcast. Like a true and tender wife, she asked what was …

'Never, No Never, No Never'

Hebrews 13:5

… The husband whispers in the ear of his wife, "I will never leave you, nor forsake you," but he forgets the hour of death when he must go …

The Best House-visitation

Mark 1:29-33

… Your husband, your wife, your child, your friend, and the whole of your family shall be the better for your advance in spiritual things. Now, observe further, that …

The Jeer Of Sarcasm, And The Retort Of Piety

2 Samuel 6:20-22

… If the husband is turned against the wife, and the wife against the husband, take care that it is not through your own fault. But if it is …

A Lesson from the Life of King Asa

2 Chronicles 16:9

… Shall a father find his child trusting a stranger rather than his own father? Shall the husband see his wife putting confidence in his enemy? Will not that …

Eating the Sacrifice

Exodus 29:33

… She now bears her husband's characteristics. She has given herself up to him. She is no longer her father's, she belongs to her husband. Oh, is …

Contentment

Philippians 4:11

… Or for the mother, when her husband has been carried to the tomb, to gaze round on the gloom-stricken home, press her new-born infant to her …

The Chief Of Sinners

1 Timothy 1:15

… And there may be some such here—the husband who persecutes his wife for Christ's sake. The father who charges his child, upon his obedience, never to …

Disobedience to the Gospel

Romans 10:16

… and for eternity! When we take Christ, we take Him as the husband takes his wife, for better or worse, for richer or poorer, for life or for …

'Nunc Dimittis'

Luke 2:29-30

… out of the way, and make ready in haste the Lamb’s wife for her Husband! Since he looked upon me my heart is not mine; he hath …

The Prayer of Jabez

… What a blessing it is to have the fireside, and the dear relationships that gather round the word “Home,” wife, children, father, brother, sister! Why, there are no …

A Sermon for the Time Present

Zephaniah 3:16-18

… The wife of Phinehas, the son of Eli, cried out in her dying agony, "The glory has departed," and the reason that she gave was once because of …

The Backslider'S Way Hedged Up

Hosea 2:5-7

… His wife is cut off as a lily snapped from its stalk and he stands weeping—a widowed husband—a childless man. Any of these ways, and thousands …

Hope for the Worst Backsliders

Jeremiah 3:22

… Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so have you dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel, says the LORD. But listen— 21. A voice …

"Waters To Swim In"

… of our marriage union is not service, but love! God is not to us, "Baali," but, "Ishi shall His name be called." Not, "lord," but "husband"—duty is …

Certain Singular Subjects

Joshua 24:4

… intended by the Apostle when he speaks of the unbelieving wife as sanctified by the believing husband and adds, "else were your children unclean, but now are they …

Sin Laid on Jesus

Isaiah 53:6

… What if I say that it is not unjust but according to law that when a woman gets into debt her husband should bear it? And the church …

A Solemn Enquiry Concerning Our Families

Genesis 19:12

… And what will you think if your children should die unconverted—your wife, your husband, your friend? To lose our loved ones is one of the sore, though …

Separating the Precious From the Vile

Exodus 11:7

… from the dealings of God with another man, as the love of a husband differs from the sternness of an incensed monarch. On the one hand, it is …

'A Prepared Place for a Prepared People'

John 14:2

… Did your husband ever take you to a new house and point out to you how he had purchased everything that he thought would please you? Had that …

First Healing and then Service

Matthew 8:14

… This son, daughter, husband, or wife of yours will perish through the fever of sin if it is not cured! A great fever is a great danger—and …

The New “Helensburgh House,” Nightingale Lane

… There is a very memorable incident, which is so intimately associated with the history of both husband and wife during this period, that it must be included in …

Morning, July 31

Jn 17:23

… but when they live together, shall Jonathan forget his David? A wife may when her husband is upon a journey, abide many days without holding converse with him …

Ruth's Reward—or, Cheer for Converts

Ruth 2:12

… found rest in the house of her husband and she became possessed of his large estate by virtue of her marriage union with him. When a poor sinner …

“Helensburgh House” and Garden (Continued)

… Our children grew apace in the sweet country air, and my whole time and strength were given to advance my dear husband's welfare and happiness. I deemed …

Royal Homage

Revelation 4:10

… They are kings by marriage alliance. There are some that come to royal dignity by being affianced and betrothed to kings. There is many a crowned head that …