What Does The Bible Say About?

Bigamy

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Deuteronomy 17:17

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He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.

Genesis 4:19

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And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.

1 Corinthians 7:2

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But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

1 Peter 2:16

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Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

Ephesians 5:31

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“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

1 Timothy 2:14

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And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.

Colossians 3:18

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Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Colossians 3:22

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Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only to please them while they are watching, but with sincerity of heart and fear of the Lord.

Genesis 2:24

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For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

1 Timothy 1:10

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for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching

1 Timothy 3:2

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An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

2 Samuel 12:8

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I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.

Genesis 1:27

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So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Matthew 19:8

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Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart; but it was not this way from the beginning.

Matthew 19:9

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Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery.”

1 Corinthians 6:16

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Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”

1 Corinthians 7:1-40

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Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations. But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife. Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control. . . .

1 Corinthians 7:39

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A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.

1 Timothy 3:12

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A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.

Colossians 3:19

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Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

Exodus 21:10

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If he takes another wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of his first wife.

Romans 13:5

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Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.

1 Peter 2:14

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or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.

1 Peter 3:7

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Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

1 Peter 5:3

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not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

1 Timothy 2:11

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A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.

1 Timothy 2:12

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I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.

1 Timothy 3:1

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This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task.

2 Timothy 2:12

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if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;

Colossians 3:17

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And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

Colossians 3:20

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Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

Genesis 1:26

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Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”

Philippians 2:11

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and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Revelation 20:6

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Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for a thousand years.

Titus 1:6

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An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.

1 Corinthians 11:10

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For this reason a woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

1 Corinthians 11:11

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In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

1 Corinthians 11:7

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A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.

1 Corinthians 11:8

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For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.

1 Corinthians 11:9

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Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.

1 Corinthians 16:2

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On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

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Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

1 Corinthians 7:27

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Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.

1 Peter 2:13

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Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,

1 Peter 2:15

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For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.

1 Peter 3:22

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who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.

1 Peter 3:3

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Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,

1 Peter 3:4

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but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.

1 Peter 3:5

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For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were submissive to their husbands,

1 Timothy 2:13

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For Adam was formed first, and then Eve.

1 Timothy 2:15

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Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.

1 Timothy 3:3

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not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.

1 Timothy 3:5

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For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?

2 Corinthians 6:14

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Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

Acts 1:25

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to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”

Acts 13:36

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For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.

Acts 24:24

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After several days, Felix returned with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.

Acts 3:12

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And when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?

Acts 4:23

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On their release, Peter and John returned to their own people and reported everything that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

Acts 5:28

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“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”

Acts 5:29

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But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

Acts 5:31

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God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.

Colossians 3:23

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Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,

Colossians 3:24

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because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

Colossians 3:25

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Whoever does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.

Ephesians 5:22-33

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Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, . . .

Galatians 3:28

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There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 1:13

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Yet to which of the angels did God ever say: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”?

Hebrews 12:2

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Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 13:17

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Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.

Hebrews 5:8

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Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.

James 1:27

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Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

John 1:41

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He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).

John 14:28

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You heard Me say, ‘I am going away, and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.

John 4:44

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Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

John 5:18

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Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

John 5:19

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So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.

John 5:30

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I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

John 5:43

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I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.

Luke 10:10-13

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But if you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go into the streets and declare, ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.’ I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town. Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

Luke 19:13

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Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Conduct business with this until I return,’ he said.

Luke 22:69

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But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”

Luke 6:41

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Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?

Mark 10:11

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So He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.

Mark 10:12

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And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.”

Mark 10:2

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Some Pharisees came to test Him. “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” they inquired.

Mark 10:7

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‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,

Mark 10:8

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and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

Mark 13:34

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It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.

Philippians 2:8

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And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross.

Philippians 2:9

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Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,

Philippians 4:8

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Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.

Romans 1:26-2:1

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For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. . . .

Romans 13:1

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Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.

Romans 13:2

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Consequently, whoever resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.

Romans 13:3

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For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.

Romans 13:4

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For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.

Romans 3:23

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for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Romans 7:2

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For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.

Romans 7:3

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So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress, even if she marries another man.

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