Marriage

All For Jesus!

Colossians 3:24

… Paul has been visiting a family and he has spoken a word to the wife and a word to the husband. He has paid attention to the children …

Sins of Omission

Jeremiah 11:8

… All I have omitted is the spiritual matter, I have not loved Him." And suppose, dear Friends, suppose you have a wife, and the only thing that she …

The Special Call And The Unfailing Result

1 Corinthians 1:9

… And if the wife has anything, it is the husband's and the husband, in his love, thinks all that he has to be his wife's. Now …

Days of Heaven Upon the Earth

Deuteronomy 11:21

… saved, joy to the wife who sees her husband converted—and it is equal joy to the husband when he gets his wife converted! There are some husbands …

Iconoclast

2 Kings 18:4

… An old Puritan quaintly says, "suppose a loving husband were to give to his wife many rings and jewels out of love to her, and she should come …

Thy Redeemer

Isaiah 41:14

… husband speaks to the wife in the hour of darkness and sorrow, and comforts her, you can easily understand what arguments he uses, when he says, “Wife of …

God's Work in Man

Hosea 2:16

… The word, Ishi, means, "my husband." So does the word, Baali, but the word, Ishi, is the word that the wife would use to the husband as a …

A Secret And Yet No Secret

Solomon 4:12

… OBSERVE the sweet titles with which Christ, the Husband, addresses His Church the bride. "My sister," one near to Me by ties of nature. My next of kin …

Christ's Curate In Decapolis

Mark 5:17-19

… I am afraid if Jesus Christ were to come around and go into some people's business houses, the husband would say to his wife, "Fetch down that …

The Absent Pastor’s Care for his Flock

… The Lord’s own daughters among you—each one a princess, not in her own right, but by marriage to King Jesus,—are, I trust, living in the …

Characteristics of Christ's Disciples

Luke 14:26

… His wife pleaded, "My Husband, be not so willful! Do not go to the stake," and each of the children had been taught to lay hold of the …

A Present Helper

Acts 18:10

… Ah, then you could not have a sweeter Friend with you than you have in Jesus! The society of brother or sister, husband or wife, parent or guardian …

God's Overtaking Mercy

Genesis 16:8

… He turned the subject, and He said, "Go, call your husband and come here." "I have no husband," she said. If she could blush, she blushed then—"I …

Enquirers and Converts (Continued)

… Then he became communicative, and it appeared that he had left his wife for four or five months, and had been living a life of dissipation, sin, and …

Concerning The Forbearance Of God

Romans 2:4

… had a very wicked husband. He was a dreadful swearer and always opposed her in every good thing, yet she was the kindest wife that a man ever …

Our King, Our Joy

Psalm 149:2

… Keep up the recollection of your Immanuel's marriage in your souls, for it is your highest glory. Be faithful to your solemn marriage Covenant. Forget your kindred …

Songs For Desolate Hearts

Isaiah 54:1

… for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, says the Lord." Isaiah 54:1 . IT was a great sorrow to an …

The Best Strengthening Medicine

Hebrews 11:34

… Do I address a wife who has a godless husband? Have faith in God about him! Do not try to deal with your husband otherwise than by faith …

Withholding Corn

Proverbs 11:26

… If he happens to have an ungodly wife, it is his daily burden, "Oh God, save my wife!" When he goes to a place of worship he does …

The Heart—a Gift for God

Proverbs 23:26

… His wife had not got it and his children had not got it—and he did not seem as if he had got it himself. "That is odd …

The Parable of the Sower

… You sit at the marriage-feast, but you eat not of the dainties; the bells of heaven ring with joy over ransomed spirits, but you live unransomed, without …

Inward Conflicts

Solomon 6:13

… This Canticle is a marriage song—it therefore speaks less of the battlefield than some other portions of Scripture, for at the marriage feast allusions to trial and …

The Parable of the Sower

Luke 8:4-8

… You sit at the marriage-feast, but you eat not of the dainties; the bells of heaven ring with joy over ransomed spirits, but you live unransomed, without …

My Last Letters from Mentone

… and old George." Such postcards were as good as letters, and I could have been well content had my husband sent me only these ; but he was lavish …

The Two "Comes"

Revelation 22:17

… Now, a bride is one whose marriage is near, either as having just happened or as close at hand. She is far more than merely engaged—either she …

"Straightway"

Matthew 4:20

… Mary said to the servants at the marriage feast of Cana, concerning her Son, "Whatever He says unto you, do it." And I say the same. "Whatever He …

The Nobleman's Faith

John 4:46-53

… But we do hear of the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, as among those that ministered to our Lord of their substance. We hear, also, of Manaen …

How May Faith Be Illustrated?

… A lady is the wife of the most eminent physician of the day. She is seized with a dangerous illness, and is smitten down by its power; yet …

Early Criticisms and Slanders

… Spurgeon has been reminded that, before her marriage, she made a collection of newspaper cuttings relating to her beloved. As the different articles appeared, Mr. Spurgeon sent them …

Too Little for the Lamb

Exodus 12:3

… You have a wife and one child—come in and we will keep the Passover together." I know what the result of that invitation would be. First, there …

Varying Voices–Pro and Con

… The female portion greatly preponderate in number, are almost exclusively connections of the before-mentioned ; though, here and there, is some solitary wife or widowed mother, who has …

Moab Is My Washpot

Psalm 60:8

… fire than that of love, at the remembrance of his cruel wife. But the godly husband had learned to thank the Lord for the discipline of this trial …

The Ear Bored With An Awl

Exodus 21:5

… whom I have loved so long, so well? Husband, tender and affectionate, could you leave your wife's God? Wife, could you forsake the God of those dear …

Facing the Wind

2 Thessalonians 3:13

… And if a man, being a husband and a father, neglects to find daily food for his wife and little children, all the world cries shame on him …

Angelic Interest in the Gospel

1 Peter 1:12

… of all the clans, the coronation of the Prince, the marriage of the bride, the Lamb's wife and all the Glory of God—and the splendor of …

Jesus Near but Unrecognized

Luke 24:16

… The wife said she liked to go to Church—her husband said he preferred to come here. What do you think were the reasons for each choice? The …

John Ploughman's Pictures

… A good husband will generally have a good wife, or make a bad wife better. Bad Jack makes a great noise about bad Jill, but there's generally …

'The Shadow of a Great Rock'

Isaiah 32:2

… The husband or the wife, the delight of our eyes, has been borne away to the silent tomb. Possibly we were slandered by a cruel enemy, or forsaken …

Christ Receiving Sinners

Matthew 9:10

… the difference between what a wife will do for her sick husband and what a stranger might do for him. Imagine the husband suffering from some loathsome disease …

Dangerous Lingering

Genesis 19:16

… It almost always happens that when the husband or the wife is in the same condition, the moment the father gets savingly converted, the wife comes and avows …