The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor. For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!

But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

“Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.”

Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.

Search and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her mate, because He has ordered it by His mouth, and He will gather them by His Spirit.

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

They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.