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Matthew 24:12

¹² and because lawlessness shall prevail, the love of the most shall grow cold;

¹ And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a man of Adullam whose name was Hirah. ² And Judah saw there the daughter of a Canaanitish man whose name was Shua; and he took her, and went in to her. ³ And she conceived and bore a son; and he called his name Er. ⁴ And she again conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Onan. ⁵ And again she bore a son, and she called his name Shelah; and he was at Chezib when she bore him. ⁶ And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. ⁷ And Er, Judah`s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah, and Jehovah slew him. ⁸ Then Judah said to Onan, Go in to thy brother`s wife, and fulfil to her the brother-in-law`s duty, and raise up seed to thy brother. ⁹ But when Onan knew that the seed should not be his own, it came to pass when he went in to his brother`s wife, that he spilled [it] on the ground, in order to give no seed to his brother. ¹⁰ And the thing which he did was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and he slew him also. ¹¹ And Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow in thy father`s house, until Shelah my son is grown; for he said, Lest he die also, as his brethren. And Tamar went and remained in her father`s house. ¹² And as the days were multiplied, Judah`s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. And Judah was comforted, and he went up to his sheep-shearers, to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. ¹³ And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep. ¹⁴ And she put the garments of her widowhood off from her, and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the entry of Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given to him as wife. ¹⁵ And Judah saw her, and took her for a harlot; because she had covered her face. ¹⁶ And he turned aside to her by the way, and said, Come, I pray thee, let me go in to thee; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in to me? ¹⁷ And he said, I will send [thee] a kid of the goats from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give [me] a pledge, until thou send it? ¹⁸ And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy lace, and thy staff which is in thy hand. And he gave [it] her, and went in to her; and she conceived by him. ¹⁹ And she arose and went away; and she laid by her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. ²⁰ And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman`s hand; but he found her not. ²¹ And he asked the men of her place, saying, Where is the prostitute that was at Enaim, by the way-side? And they said, There was no prostitute here. ²² And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found her; and also the men of the place said, No prostitute has been here. ²³ Then Judah said, Let her take [it] for herself, lest we be put to shame. Behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. ²⁴ And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law has committed fornication, and behold, she is also with child by fornication. And Judah said, Bring her forth, that she may be burned. ²⁵ When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man to whom these [belong] am I with child; and she said, Acknowledge, I pray thee, whose are this signet, and this lace, and this staff. ²⁶ And Judah acknowledged [them], and said, She is more righteous than I, because I have not given her to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more. ²⁷ And it came to pass at the time of her delivery, that behold, twins were in her womb. ²⁸ And it came to pass when she brought forth, that one stretched out [his] hand, and the midwife took it and bound round his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. ²⁹ And it came to pass as he drew back his hand, that behold, his brother came out; and she said, How hast thou broken forth! on thee be the breach! And they called his name Pherez. ³⁰ And afterwards came out his brother, round whose hand was the scarlet thread; and they called his name Zerah.

1 Corinthians 7:1-40

¹ But concerning the things of which ye have written [to me]: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman; ² but on account of fornications, let each have his own wife, and each [woman] have her own husband. ³ Let the husband render her due to the wife, and in like manner the wife to the husband. ⁴ The wife has not authority over her own body, but the husband: in like manner also the husband has not authority over his own body, but the wife. ⁵ Defraud not one another, unless, it may be, by consent for a time, that ye may devote yourselves to prayer, and again be together, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency. ⁶ But this I say, as consenting [to], not as commanding [it]. ⁷ Now I wish all men to be even as myself: but every one has his own gift of God: one man thus, and another thus. ⁸ But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them that they remain even as I. ⁹ But if they have not control over themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn. ¹⁰ But to the married I enjoin, not *I*, but the Lord, Let not wife be separated from husband; ¹¹ (but if also she shall have been separated, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband;) and let not husband leave wife. ¹² But as to the rest, *I* say, not the Lord, If any brother have an unbelieving wife, and *she* consent to dwell with him, let him not leave her. ¹³ And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to dwell with her, let her not leave [her] husband. ¹⁴ For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother; since [otherwise] indeed your children are unclean, but now they are holy. ¹⁵ But if the unbeliever go away, let them go away; a brother or a sister is not bound in such [cases], but God has called us in peace. ¹⁶ For what knowest thou, O wife, if thou shalt save thy husband? or what knowest thou, O husband, if thou shalt save thy wife? ¹⁷ However, as the Lord has divided to each, as God has called each, so let him walk; and thus I ordain in all the assemblies. ¹⁸ Has any one been called circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised: has any one been called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. ¹⁹ Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but keeping God`s commandments. ²⁰ Let each abide in that calling in which he has been called. ²¹ Hast thou been called [being] a bondman, let it not concern thee; but and if thou canst become free, use [it] rather. ²² For the bondman that is called in [the] Lord is the Lord`s freedman; in like manner [also] the freeman being called is Christ`s bondman. ²³ Ye have been bought with a price; do not be the bondmen of men. ²⁴ Let each, wherein he is called, brethren, therein abide with God. ²⁵ But concerning virgins, I have no commandment of [the] Lord; but I give my opinion, as having received mercy of [the] Lord to be faithful. ²⁶ I think then that this is good, on account of the present necessity, that [it is] good for a man to remain so as he is. ²⁷ Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; art thou free from a wife? do not seek a wife. ²⁸ But if thou shouldest also marry, thou hast not sinned; and if the virgin marry, they have not sinned: but such shall have tribulation in the flesh; but I spare you. ²⁹ But this I say, brethren, the time is straitened. For the rest, that they who have wives, be as not having [any]: ³⁰ and they that weep, as not weeping; and they that rejoice, as not rejoicing; and they that buy, as not possessing; ³¹ and they that use the world, as not disposing of it as their own; for the fashion of this world passes. ³² But I wish you to be without care. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord; ³³ but he that has married cares for the things of the world, how he shall please his wife. ³⁴ There is a difference between the wife and the virgin. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but she that has married cares for the things of the world, how she shall please her husband. ³⁵ But I say this for your own profit; not that I may set a snare before you, but for what [is] seemly, and waiting on the Lord without distraction. ³⁶ But if any one think that he behaves unseemly to his virginity, if he be beyond the flower of his age, and so it must be, let him do what he will, he does not sin: let them marry. ³⁷ But he who stands firm in his heart, having no need, but has authority over his own will, and has judged this in his heart to keep his own virginity, he does well. ³⁸ So that he that marries himself does well; and he that does not marry does better. ³⁹ A wife is bound for whatever time her husband lives; but if the husband be fallen asleep, she is free to be married to whom she will, only in [the] Lord. ⁴⁰ But she is happier if she so remain, according to my judgment; but I think that *I* also have God`s Spirit.

Psalms 127:3-5

³ Lo, children are an inheritance from Jehovah, [and] the fruit of the womb a reward. ⁴ As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth. ⁵ Happy is the man that hath filled his quiver with them. They shall not be ashamed when they speak with enemies in the gate.

Genesis 1:28

²⁸ And God blessed them; and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over every animal that moveth on the earth.

Psalms 127:3

³ Lo, children are an inheritance from Jehovah, [and] the fruit of the womb a reward.