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" 'Do not take your wife's sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.
Leviticus Chapter 18: Verse 18
He must not take many wives, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.
Deuteronomy Chapter 17: Verse 17
You ask, "Why?" It is because the LORD is acting as the witness between you and the wife of your youth, because you have broken faith with her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.
Has not the LORD made them one? In flesh and spirit they are his. And why one? Because he was seeking godly offspring. So guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
Malachi Chapter 2: Verses 14 - 15
"Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,'
and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh' ?
Matthew Chapter 19: Verses 4 - 5
Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
"What did Moses command you?" he replied.
They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away."
"It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law," Jesus replied.
"But at the beginning of creation God 'made them male and female.'
'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,
and the two will become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one.
Mark Chapter 10: Verses 2 - 8
Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
1 Timothy Chapter 3: Verse 2
A deacon must be the husband of but one wife and must manage his children and his household well.
1 Timothy Chapter 3: Verse 12
An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.
Titus Chapter 1: Verse 6
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