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1 Corinthians 7 8
But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I.
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1 Corinthians 7 26-1 Corinthians 7 27
I think, then, that this is good in view of the present distress, that it is good for a man to remain as he is.Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
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1 Corinthians 7 37-1 Corinthians 7 38
But the one who stands firm in his heart, if he is not under constraint, but has authority over his own will, and has decided this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin, he will do well.So then, both the one who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and the one who does not give her in marriage will do better.
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Genesis 20:6
Then God said to him in the dream,“ Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also kept you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.
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Matthew 19:10-11
The disciples* said to Him,“ If the relationship of the man with his wife is like this, it is better not to marry.”But He said to them,“ Not all men can accept this statement, but only those to whom it has been given.
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Ruth 2:9
Keep your eyes on the field which they reap, and go after them. Indeed, I have ordered the servants not to touch you. When you are thirsty, go to the water jars and drink from what the servants draw.”
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Proverbs 6:29
So is the one who goes in to his neighbor’s wife; Whoever touches her will not go unpunished.