loving a married man
What does the Bible say about loving a married man? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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4May marriage be honorable in every way, and may the marriage bed be immaculate. For God will judge fornicators and adulterers.
32But whoever is an adulterer, because of the emptiness of his heart, will destroy his own soul.
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.
22He who has found a good wife has found goodness, and he shall draw contentment from the Lord. He who expels a good wife expels goodness. But he who holds on to an adulteress is foolish and impious.
21You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his house, nor his field, nor his man servant, nor his woman servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything out of all that is his.’
14You shall not commit adultery.
18Flee from fornication. Every sin whatsoever that a man commits is outside of the body, but whoever fornicates, sins against his own body.
8But, before all things, have a constant mutual charity among yourselves. For love covers a multitude of sins.
7Similarly, you husbands should live with them in accord with knowledge, bestowing honor on the female as the weaker vessel and as co-heirs of the life of grace, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
2For example, a woman who is subject to a husband is obligated by the law while her husband lives. But when her husband has died, she is released from the law of her husband.
33Yet truly, each and every one of you should love his wife as himself. And a wife should fear her husband.
7He who has acted arrogantly will not dwell in the midst of my house. He who has spoken iniquity was not guided with the sight of my eyes.
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.”