This Bible contradiction is from the Skeptic's Annotated Bible.
Verses
Yes, it is good to be married.
Genesis 2:18 View context
God said wasn't good for Adam to be alone, so he created the animals, hoping that Adam would find a help meet (spouse) among them. When none satisfied Adam, God went to Plan B, by making a woman (Eve) out of Adam's rib.
And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Matthew 19:5 View context
In a possible endorsement of marriage, Jesus quoted the above passage from Genesis. [But see what he said later in the same chapter (Matthew 19:10-12, quoted below), saying that it is better not to marry.]
For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave unto his wife.
Proverbs 18:22 View context
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
Ecclesiastes 9:9 View context
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest.
1 Timothy 4:1-3 View context
And when the world is about to end, seducing spirits and devilish doctrines will forbid people to marry.
In the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils ... Forbidding to marry.
Titus 1:6-7 View context
1 Timothy says that a bishop must be a blameless "husband of one wife." So it must be OK to marry. Although if you're a bishop you can only have one wife. (Non-bishops presumably may have more than one wife.)
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife ... For a bishop must be blameless.
Hebrews 13:4 View context
Marriage is honorable in all.
No, it's better not to marry.
1 Corinthians 7:1 View context
Paul thought it was better for Christians not to marry.
It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Corinthians 7:7 View context
For I would that all men were even as I myself [unmarried]. ... It is good for them if they abide even as I.
Luke 20:34-35 View context
And so did Jesus, who said that those who are worthy of heaven don't marry.
The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage.
Matthew 19:10-12 View context
And when his disciples said that if divorce is not an option it is better not to marry, Jesus agreed, saying:
All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
