Question 138

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1 Thessalonians 4:4

4each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,

Job 31:1

1“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

1 Corinthians 7:34

34and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.

Colossians 4:6

6Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

1 Peter 2:3

3now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.

1 Corinthians 7:2

2But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

1 Corinthians 7:35-36

35I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord.

36However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.

Acts 24:24

24After 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.

Proverbs 2:16-20

16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words

17who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

18For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.

19None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.

20So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.

1 Timothy 2:9

9Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

1 Corinthians 7:9

9But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

Proverbs 5:19-20

19A loving doe, a graceful fawn— may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.

20Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

1 Peter 3:7

7Husbands, 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.

Proverbs 31:11

11The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value.

Proverbs 31:27-28

27She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

28Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well:

Proverbs 5:8

8Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,

Genesis 39:8-10

8But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.

9No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”

10Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.