The document discusses intimacy in marriage and relationships through several passages from the Song of Songs and 1 Corinthians. It describes the physical and emotional intimacy between married couples in romantic terms, praising attributes like beauty, touch, kissing, and sexual intimacy within the bonds of marriage. It emphasizes that spouses should fulfill their marital duties to one another.

1. Conflict
It is to one’s honor to avoid
strife, but every fool is quick
to quarrel. - Proverbs 20:3
What causes fights and
quarrels among you? Don’t they
come from your desires that
battle within you? - James 4:1
Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a
house with a quarrelsome wife. - Proverbs 21:9
Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and
nagging wife. - Proverbs 21:19
Drive out the mocker, and out
goes strife; quarrels and insults
are ended. - Proverbs 22:10
An angry person stirs
up conflict, and a hot-
tempered person
commits many sins.
Proverbs 29:22Where there is strife,
there is pride, but
wisdom is found in
those who take advice.
Proverbs 13:10
Better a dry crust with
peace and quiet than a
house full of feasting,
with strife. Proverbs 29:22
The lips of fools bring
them strife. - Proverbs 18:6
A hot-tempered person
stirs up conflict, but the
one who is patient calms
a quarrel. - Proverbs 15:18

2. Relationships
Walk with the wise and become
wise, for a companion of fools
suffers harm. - Proverbs 13:20
Bad company corrupts
good character.
1 Corinthians 15:33
The righteous choose their
friends carefully, but the way of
the wicked leads them astray.
Proverbs 12:26
One who has unreliable
friends soon comes to
ruin, but there is a friend
who sticks closer than a
brother. - Proverbs 18:24
Do not make friends with a
hot-tempered person, do not
associate with one easily
angered, or you may learn
their ways and get yourself
ensnared. - Proverbs 22:24-25
Perfume and incense
bring joy to the heart, and
the pleasantness of
a friend springs from
their heartfelt advice. -
Proverbs 27:9
Wounds from a friend can
be trusted, but an enemy
multiplies kisses.
Proverbs 27:6
Plans fail for lack of
counsel, but with
many advisers they
succeed.
Proverbs 15:22

3. Mindset
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in
humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own
interests but each of you to the interests of the others. In your
relationships with one another, have the same mindset as
Christ Jesus - Philippians 2:3-5
There is a way that appears to be
right, but in the end it leads to
death. - Proverbs 14:12
Through patience a ruler can
be persuaded, and a gentle
tongue can break a bone.
- Proverbs 25:15
Do you see a person wise in their
own eyes? There is more hope
for a fool than for them. -
Proverbs 26:12
Those who trust in themselves
are fools, but those who walk in
wisdom are kept safe.
- Proverbs 28:26
No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to
mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted
beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will
also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
- 1 Corinthians 10:13
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in
weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my
weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why,
for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in
persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

4. Language
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but
only what is helpful for building others up according to their
needs, that it may benefit those who listen. - Ephesians 4:29
Fools find no pleasure in
understanding but delight in
airing their own opinions.
Proverbs 18:2
Through patience a ruler can
be persuaded, and a gentle
tongue can break a bone.
Proverbs 25:15
Anxiety weighs down the heart,
but a kind word cheers it up.
Proverbs 12:25
Gracious words are a
honeycomb, sweet to the soul
and healing to the bones.
Proverbs 16:24
A gentle answer turns away
wrath, but a harsh word
stirs up anger.
Proverbs 15:1
Whoever derides their neighbor has no sense, but the one who
has understanding holds their tongue.
Proverbs 11:12
The words of the reckless pierce
like swords, but the tongue of
the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 12:18
Those who guard their
lips preserve their lives, but
those who speak rashly will
come to ruin. - Proverbs 13:3
A person finds joy in giving an
apt reply—and how good is a
timely word!
Proverbs 12:18

5. Being
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one
another in love. - Ephesians 4:2
Be filled with the Spirit.
Ephesians 4:18
Be wise.
Colossians 4:5
Be strong and very courageous.
Joshua 1:9
Be peaceable and considerate.
Titus 3:2
Be like-minded, be
sympathetic, love one
another, be compassionate
and humble. - 1 Peter 3:8
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other,
just as in Christ God forgave you.
Ephesians 4:32
Be joyful in hope, patient in
affliction, faithful in prayer.
Romans 12:12
Love must be sincere. -
Romans 12:9
Be quick to listen, slow to
speak and slow to become
angry. - James 1:19

6. Intimacy
Each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and
each woman with her own husband. The husband should fulfill
his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her
husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body
but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband
does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his
wife. Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual
consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to
prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt
you because of your lack of self-control. - 1 Corinthians 7:2-5
How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes
behind your veil are doves. Your hair is like a flock of goats
descending from the hills of Gilead. 2 Your teeth are like a flock
of sheep just shorn, coming up from the washing. Each has its
twin; not one of them is alone. Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon;
your mouth is lovely.Your temples behind your veil are like the
halves of a pomegranate. Your neck is like the tower of David,
built with courses of stone;on it hang a thousand shields, all of
them shields of warriors. Your breasts are like two fawns, like
twin fawns of a gazelle that browse among the lilies. Until the day
breaks and the shadows flee,I will go to the mountain of myrrh
and to the hill of incense. You are altogether beautiful, my
darling; there is no flaw in you. - Song of Songs 4:1-7

7. Intimacy Pt. 2
My beloved is radiant and ruddy, outstanding among ten
thousand. His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as
a raven. His eyes are like doves by the water streams,washed in
milk, mounted like jewels. His cheeks are like beds of spice
yielding perfume. His lips are like lilies dripping with myrrh. His
arms are rods of gold set with topaz. His body is like polished
ivory decorated with lapis lazuli. His legs are pillars of marble
set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon,
choice as its cedars. His mouth is sweetness itself; he is
altogether lovely.This is my beloved, this is my friend.
Song of Songs 5:10-16
How beautiful your sandaled feet, O prince’s daughter! Your
graceful legs are like jewels, the work of an artist’s hands. Your
navel is a rounded goblet that never lacks blended wine. Your
waist is a mound of wheat encircled by lilies. Your breasts are like
two fawns, like twin fawns of a gazelle. Your neck is like an ivory
tower. Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath
Rabbim.Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon looking toward
Damascus. Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel. Your hair is
like royal tapestry; the king is held captive by its tresses. How
beautiful you are and how pleasing, my love, with your delights!
Your stature is like that of the palm, and your breasts like
clusters of fruit. I said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold
of its fruit. ”May your breasts be like clusters of grapes on the
vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples, and your mouth
like the best wine. - Song of Songs 4:1-7