Dating and relationships

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• 1 Corinthians 13:4–7

  Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; …

• 1 Corinthians 15:33

  Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

• 1 Corinthians 7:1–40

  Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. …

• Genesis 2:18

  And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

• 2 Corinthians 6:14

  Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

• Psalms 37:3–4

  Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

• Ecclesiastes 4:9–12

  Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? …

• 1 Corinthians 6:18

  Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

• 1 Peter 4:8

  And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

• Genesis 2:24

  Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

• Proverbs 3:5–7

  Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

• Proverbs 4:23

  Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

• Romans 12:9–10

  Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

• Proverbs 31:10

  Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

• Song of Solomon 2:7

  I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

• Psalms 46:5

  God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

• Philippians 1:9–10

  And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;

• Ephesians 5:33

  Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

• Proverbs 15:22

  Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

• 1 Corinthians 6:13

  Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

• 2 Timothy 2:22

  Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

• Amos 3:3

  Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

• Mark 10:9

  What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

• Romans 12:1–2

  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

• Proverbs 18:24

  A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

• Matthew 19:5

  And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

• Jeremiah 29:11

  For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

• Proverbs 17:17

  A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

• Proverbs 18:22

  Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.

• 1 Corinthians 7:39

  The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

• Proverbs 13:20

  He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

• Ephesians 5:25

  Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

• Proverbs 31:10–11

  Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

• Hebrews 13:4

  Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

• Proverbs 31:30

  Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

• Proverbs 19:14

  House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

• 2 Corinthians 6:14–15

  Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

• 1 Peter 3:7

  Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

• Psalms 138:8

  The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

• Ephesians 4:2–3

  With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.