A Marriage That Will Not Fail

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A Marriage That Will Not Fail

• Matthew 5,6,7

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A Marriage That Will Not Fail

• Gen. 218-24 Not good for man to be alone.
• Ps. 11 Counsel of the ungodly not sound.
• Mt. 520 Be concerned about proper attitudes.
• Be the person who wants to go to heaven more than
  anything else.
• Marry someone who wants to go to heaven more than
  anything else.

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• Do Not Murder. Mt. 521-22
• Attitude. 2 Cor. 105 1 Jno. 315
• Soft answer. Prov. 151
• Be kind. Eph. 431-32
• Guard your anger. Eph. 426 Jms. 119ff
• Do not be bitter. Col. 318-19

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• Do Not Commit Adultery. Mt. 527-28
• Attitude. Mt. 529-30
• Keep your mind pure. Prov. 237 423 Mt.
  1518-20
• Learn to flee. 1 Cor. 618 Gen. 3912 1
  Thess. 522

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• Do Not Divorce. Mt. 531-32
• Mt. 196 Do not put asunder.
• ONE EXCEPTION. Except for fornication.
• Mt. 181-3 Jno. 32ff Lk. 133
• Eccl. 52-7 Remember your vow.
• Mal. 214-16 God hates divorce.

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• Avoid Deception. Mt. 533-37
• Do not lie. Col. 39 Eph. 425
• Maintain your integrity. Ps. 15

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• Avoid Retaliation. Mt. 538-39
• Vindictive attitudes must not be allowed. Rom.
  1217ff

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• Avoid Conditional Love. Mt. 543-48
• Husbands love your wives. Eph. 525
• Wives love your husbands. Tit. 23-5
• Characteristics of love. 1 Cor. 134-8
• Let love be without hypocrisy. Rom. 129

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• Avoid Hypocrisy. Mt. 61,2,5,16
• Let love be without hypocrisy. Rom. 129

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• Avoid Materialism. Mt. 619-34
• Misplaced values. Lk. 1215ff cf. Col. 32
• Respectable worldliness. Lk. 1415ff
• Money can buy cosmetics, but not real beauty.
• Money can buy a house, but not a home.
• Price of the soul worth more than all. Mt. 1626

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• Avoid petty criticism. Mt. 71-5
• In the multitude of words there wanteth not
  transgression but he that refraineth his lips
  doeth wisely Prov. 1019
• The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver
  Prov. 1020
• Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth Keep
  the door of my lips Ps. 1413
• Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth
  his soul from troubles Prov. 2123

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• Avoid petty criticism. Mt. 71-5
• He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life but
  he that openeth wide his lips shall have
  destruction Prov. 133
• A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in
  network of silver Prov. 2511
• Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words?
  There is more hope of a fool than of him Prov.
  2920

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• Avoid petty criticism. Mt. 71-5
• Prov 219 2524 It is better to dwell in the
  corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious
  woman in a wide house.
• Prov 2119 It is better to dwell in a desert
  land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
• Prov 2621 (As) coals are to hot embers, and
  wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame
  strife.

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• Apply the golden rule. Mt. 712
• Treat your companion like you would like them to
  treat you!!!

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A Marriage That Will Not Fail
Practice golden rule
Avoid petty criticism
Avoid materialism
Avoid hypocrisy
Avoid conditional love
Avoid retaliation
Avoid deception
Do not divorce
Do not commit adultery
Do not murder