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4And he said to them in response, “Have you not read that he who made man from the beginning, made them male and female?” And he said: 5“For this reason, a man shall separate from father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife, and these two shall become one flesh. 6And so, now they are not two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no man separate.”
11A foolish one offers everything on his mind. A wise one reserves and defers until later.
1In the days of one of the judges, when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a man from Bethlehem in Judah departed to sojourn in the region of the Moabites with his wife and two children. 2He called himself Elimelech, and his wife Naomi, and his two sons, the one Mahlon, and the other Chilion, Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. And entering into the region of the Moabites, they stayed there. 3And Elimelech the husband of Naomi died; and she remained with her sons. 4They took wives from among the Moabites, of whom one was called Orpah, and the other Ruth. And they lived there ten years. 5And they both died, namely Mahlon and Chilion, and the woman was left alone, bereaved of her two children and her husband. 6And she arose so that she might journey to her native land, with both her daughters-in-law, from the region of the Moabites. For she had heard that the Lord had provided for his people and had given them food.
6Do not eat with an envious man, and do not desire his foods. 7For, like a seer and an interpreter of dreams, he presumes what he does not know. “Eat and drink,” he will say to you; and his mind is not with you. 8The foods that you had eaten, you will vomit up. And you will lose the beauty in your words.
31Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of justice.
23For the husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the Church. He is the Savior of his body. 24Therefore, just as the Church is subject to Christ, so also should wives be subject to their husbands in all things. 25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the Church and handed himself over for her, 26so that he might sanctify her, washing her clean by water and the Word of life, 27so that he might offer her to himself as a glorious Church, not having any spot or wrinkle or any such thing, so that she would be holy and immaculate. 28So, too, husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
18The Lord God also said: “It is not good for the man to be alone. Let us make a helper for him similar to himself.”
24For this reason, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife; and the two shall be as one flesh. 25Now they were both naked: Adam, of course, and his wife. And they were not ashamed.
11Brothers, do not choose to slander one another. Whoever slanders his brother, or whoever judges his brother, slanders the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12There is one lawgiver and one judge. He is able to destroy, and he is able to set free.
13And being at the same time also idle, they learn to go from house to house, being not only idle, but also talkative and curious, speaking of things which do not concern them.
28And God blessed them, and he said, “Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and the flying creatures of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.”
10The thief does not come, except so that he may steal and slaughter and destroy. I have come so that they may have life, and have it more abundantly.
1And when men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and daughters were born to them, 2the sons of God, seeing that the daughters of men were beautiful, took to themselves wives from all whom they chose. 3And God said: “My spirit shall not remain in man forever, because he is flesh. And so his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” 4Now giants were upon the earth in those days. For after the sons of God went in to the daughters of men, and they conceived, these became the powerful ones of ancient times, men of renown. 5Then God, seeing that the wickedness of men was great upon the earth and that every thought of their heart was intent upon evil at all times, 6repented that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with a sorrow of heart,
14Yet truly, each one is tempted by his own desires, having been enticed and drawn away. 15Thereafter, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin. Yet truly sin, when it has been consummated, produces death.
2For six days you shall do work; the seventh day, the Sabbath and the rest of the Lord, will be holy to you; whoever will have done any work in it shall be killed.
21Whoever will have married his brother’s wife has done an unlawful thing; he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness. They shall be without children.
14If any man, having taken the daughter as a wife, will have married her mother, he has acted according to wickedness. He shall be burnt alive with them. Neither shall so great a nefarious act persist in your midst.
26For if we sin willingly, after receiving knowledge of the truth, there is no sacrifice remaining for sins,
17You shall not covet the house of your neighbor; neither shall you desire his wife, nor male servant, nor female servant, nor ox, nor donkey, nor anything that is his.”
22You shall not commit sexual acts with a male, in place of sexual intercourse with a female, for this is an abomination.