Gen 2:18, Pro 5:15-19, 18:22, 19:13-14, 21:9, 19, 1Cor 7:1-2, 8, 26-28 | ESV | STEP | Then the Lord God said , It is not good that the man should be alone ; I will make him a helper fit for him.

18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; ^aI will make him a helper fit for ^{▼▼Or corresponding to; also verse 20} him.”

Proverbs 5:15-19

15 Drink ^cwater from your own cistern,
flowing water from your own well.
16 Should your ^dsprings be scattered abroad,
streams of water ^ein the streets?
17 ^fLet them be for yourself alone,
and not for strangers with you.
18 Let your ^gfountain be blessed,
and ^hrejoice in ⁱthe wife of your youth,
19 a lovely ^jdeer, a graceful doe.
Let her breasts ^kfill you at all times with delight;
be intoxicated ^{▼▼Hebrew be led astray; also verse 20} always in her love.

Proverbs 18:22

22 He who finds ^ma wife finds ⁿa good thing
and ^oobtains favor ^pfrom the Lord.

Proverbs 19:13-14

13 ^qA foolish son is ruin to his father,
and ^ra wife’s quarreling is ^sa continual dripping of rain.
14 ^tHouse and wealth are inherited from fathers,
but a prudent wife is ^ufrom the Lord.

Proverbs 21:9

9 It is ^vbetter to live in a corner of the housetop
than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

Proverbs 21:19

19 It is ^wbetter to live in a desert land
than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.

1 Corinthians 7:1-2

Principles for Marriage

1 Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: ^x“It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” 2 But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.

1 Corinthians 7:8

8 To the unmarried and the widows I say that ^yit is good for them to remain single ^zas, I am.

1 Corinthians 7:26-28

26 I think that in view of the present ^{▼▼Or impending} distress ^abit is good for a person to remain as he is. 27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife. 28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned, and if a betrothed woman ^{▼▼Greek virgin; also verse 34} marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that.