Marriage
149 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
96 sections
- A Benediction Pronounced After
- A Covenant Relationship
- A Dowry Given to the Woman's Parents Before
- A Herald Preceded the Bridegroom
- Advised
- Betrothal a Quasi-Marriage
- Betrothal Made with the Spirit
- Bridal Ornaments
- Bridal Presents
- Celebrated for Seven Days
- Celebrated with Feasting
- Celebrated with Great Rejoicing
- Celibacy Deplored
- Ceremony Attested by Witnesses
- Christ's Union with his Church
- Consanguinous, Abraham and Sarah
- Consent of the Parties Necessary To
- Contracted at the Gate and Before Witnesses
- Contracted in Patriarchal Age with Near Relations
- Daughters Given In, As Rewards of Valor
- David Gave One Hundred Philistine Foreskins for a Wife
- Designed For: Increasing the Human Population
- Designed For: Preventing Fornication
- Designed For: Raising up Godly Seed
- Designed For: The Happiness of Man
- Divinely Instituted
- Early Introduction of Polygamy
- Elder Daughters Usually Given In, Before the Younger
- Expressed by Giving Daughters to Sons, and Sons to Daughters
- Expressed by Joining Together
- Expressed by Making Affinity
- Expressed by Taking to Wife
- Figurative
- Garments Provided for Guests At
- Given by Kings
- God's Union with the Jewish Nation
- Honorable for All
- Indissoluble During the Joint Lives of the Parties
- Infidelity of Those Contracted In, Punished As If Married
- Isaac and Rebekah
- Jacob and his Wives
- Jesus Present At
- Lawful in All
- Levirate (The Brother Required to Marry a Brother's Widow)
- Modes of Demanding Women In
- Not Binding After Death
- Nuptial Feasts
- Obligations Under, Inferior to Duty to God
- Often Contracted by Parents for Children
- Parables From
- Parents' Consent Requires in the Mosaic Law
- Parents Contract for Their Children: Abraham for Isaac
- Parents Contract for Their Children: Hagar Selects a Wife for Ishmael
- Parents Contract for Their Children: Laban Arranges for his Daughters' Marriage
- Parents Contract for Their Children: Samson Asks his Parents to Procure Him a Wife
- Parents Might Refuse to Give Their Children In
- Presents Given to Parents to Secure Their Favor
- Priest not to Contract, with Divorced or Improper Persons
- should be Only in the Lord
- should be with Consent of Parents
- The Bride: Adorned with Jewels For
- The Bride: Attended by Bridesmaids
- The Bride: Called to Forget Her Father's House
- The Bride: Given a Handmaid At
- The Bride: Gorgeously Apparelled
- The Bride: Received Presents Before
- The Bride: Stood on the Right of Bridegroom
- The Bridegroom: Adorned with Ornaments
- The Bridegroom: Attended by Many Friends
- The Bridegroom: Crowned with Garlands
- The Bridegroom: Presented with Gifts
- The Bridegroom: Rejoiced Over the Bride
- The Bridegroom: Returned with the Bride to his House at Night
- The Expectation of the Promised Seed of the Woman An
- The Groom Exempt One Year from Military Duty
- The High Priest not to Contract, with a Widow or a Divorced
- The Jews were Allowed Divorce From, Because of Hardness of Their
- The Jews: Betrothed Themselves some Time Before
- The Jews: Careful in Contracting for Their Children
- The Jews: Considered Being Debarred From, a Cause of Grief
- The Jews: Considered Being Debarred From, a Reproach
- The Jews: Contracted when Young
- The Jews: Exempted from Going to War Immediately After
- The Jews: Forbidden to Contract with Idolaters
- The Jews: Forbidden to Contract, with Their Near Relations
- The Jews: Obliged to Contract with a Brother's Wife Who Died Without
- The Jews: Often Contracted with Foreigners
- The Jews: Often Contracted, in Their own Tribe
- The Jews: Often Punished by Being Debarred From
- The Jews: Sometimes Guilty of Polygamy
- Unclassified Scriptures Relating To
- Wedding Robes Adorned with Jewels
- Wives Among the Israelites Must be Israelites
- Wives Obtained by Kidnapping
- Wives Obtained by Purchase
- Wives Taken by Edict
A Benediction Pronounced After
- Genesis 24:60 And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
- Ruth 4:11–12 “We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem. …
A Covenant Relationship
- Malachi 2:4 Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts.
A Dowry Given to the Woman's Parents Before
- Genesis 29:18 Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
- Genesis 34:12 Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”
- 1 Samuel 18:27–28 David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage. …
- Hosea 3:2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.
A Herald Preceded the Bridegroom
- Matthew 25:6 At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
Advised
- 1 Corinthians 7:7–8 I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that. …
- 1 Corinthians 7:24–40 Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him. …
Betrothal a Quasi-Marriage
- Matthew 1:18 This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
- Luke 1:27 to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.
Betrothal Made with the Spirit
- Ezekiel 16:8 Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.
Bridal Ornaments
- Isaiah 49:18 Lift up your eyes and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “you will wear them all as jewelry and put them on like a bride.
- Jeremiah 2:32 Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
Bridal Presents
- Genesis 24:53 Then he brought out jewels of silver and gold, and articles of clothing, and he gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother and her mother.
- Psalm 45:12 The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor.
Celebrated for Seven Days
- Judges 14:12 “Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can solve it for me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.
Celebrated with Feasting
- Genesis 29:22 So Laban invited all the men of that place and prepared a feast.
- Judges 14:10 Then his father went to visit the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, as was customary for the bridegroom.
- Matthew 22:2–3 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. …
- John 2:1–10 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, …
Celebrated with Great Rejoicing
- Jeremiah 33:11 the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving …
- John 3:29 The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
Celibacy Deplored
- Judges 11:38 “Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.
- Isaiah 4:1 In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”
- Jeremiah 16:9 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes and in your days, the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom.
Ceremony Attested by Witnesses
- Ruth 4:1–11 Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down. …
- Isaiah 8:1–3 Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz. …
Christ's Union with his Church
- Ephesians 5:23–24 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior. …
- Ephesians 5:32 This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
Consanguinous, Abraham and Sarah
- Genesis 11:29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
- Genesis 12:13 Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”
- Genesis 20:3 One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
Consent of the Parties Necessary To
- Genesis 24:57–58 So they said, “We will call the girl and ask her opinion.” …
- 1 Samuel 18:20 Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.
- 1 Samuel 25:41 She arose, bowed facedown, and said, “Here is your servant, ready to serve and to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”
Contracted at the Gate and Before Witnesses
- Ruth 4:1 Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.
- Ruth 4:10–11 Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You …
Contracted in Patriarchal Age with Near Relations
- Genesis 20:12 Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father — though not the daughter of my mother — and she became my wife.
- Genesis 24:24 She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”
- Genesis 28:2 “Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
Daughters Given In, As Rewards of Valor
- Judges 1:12 And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”
- 1 Samuel 17:25 Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s …
- 1 Samuel 18:27 David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.
David Gave One Hundred Philistine Foreskins for a Wife
- 2 Samuel 3:14 Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”
Designed For: Increasing the Human Population
- Genesis 1:28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
- Genesis 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
Designed For: Preventing Fornication
- 1 Corinthians 7:2 But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
Designed For: Raising up Godly Seed
- Malachi 2:15 Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
Designed For: The Happiness of Man
- Genesis 2:18 The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
Divinely Instituted
- Genesis 2:24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
Early Introduction of Polygamy
- Genesis 4:19 And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.
Elder Daughters Usually Given In, Before the Younger
- Genesis 29:26 Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.
Expressed by Giving Daughters to Sons, and Sons to Daughters
- Deuteronomy 7:3 Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
- Ezra 9:12 Now, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, leaving it as an …
Expressed by Joining Together
- Matthew 19:6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
Expressed by Making Affinity
- 1 Kings 3:1 Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.
Expressed by Taking to Wife
- Exodus 2:1 Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman,
Figurative
- Isaiah 54:5 For your husband is your Maker — the LORD of Hosts is His name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
- Isaiah 62:4–5 No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride. …
- Jeremiah 3:14 “Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you — one from a city and two from a family — and bring you to Zion.
- Jeremiah 31:32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt— a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.
- Hosea 1:2 When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”
- Hosea 2:19–20 So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion. …
- Ephesians 5:30–32 For we are members of His body. …
- Revelation 19:7–9 Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready. …
Garments Provided for Guests At
- Matthew 22:12 ‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.
Given by Kings
- 1 Samuel 17:25 Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s …
- 1 Samuel 18:17 Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of …
- 1 Samuel 18:21 “I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”
God's Union with the Jewish Nation
- Isaiah 54:5 For your husband is your Maker — the LORD of Hosts is His name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
- Jeremiah 3:14 “Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you — one from a city and two from a family — and bring you to Zion.
- Hosea 2:19–20 So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion. …
Honorable for All
- Hebrews 13:4 Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Indissoluble During the Joint Lives of the Parties
- Matthew 19:6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
- Romans 7:2–3 For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage. …
- 1 Corinthians 7:39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.
Infidelity of Those Contracted In, Punished As If Married
- Deuteronomy 22:23–24 If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her, …
- Matthew 1:19 Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.
Isaac and Rebekah
- Genesis 24:3–4 and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling, …
- Genesis 24:67 And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
- Genesis 28:2 “Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
Jacob and his Wives
- Genesis 29:15–30 Laban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.” …
Jesus Present At
- John 2:1–5 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, …
Lawful in All
- 1 Corinthians 7:2 But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
- 1 Corinthians 7:28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
- 1 Timothy 5:14 So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.
Levirate (The Brother Required to Marry a Brother's Widow)
- Genesis 38:8 Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”
- Genesis 38:11 Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
- Deuteronomy 25:5–10 When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her. …
- Ruth 4:5 Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.”
- Matthew 22:24 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.
- Mark 12:19–23 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him. …
- Luke 20:28 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.
Modes of Demanding Women In
- Genesis 24:3–4 and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling, …
- Genesis 34:6 Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.
- Genesis 34:8 But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
- 1 Samuel 25:39–40 On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own …
Not Binding After Death
- Matthew 22:29–30 Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. …
- Mark 12:24–25 Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God? …
Nuptial Feasts
- Genesis 29:22 So Laban invited all the men of that place and prepared a feast.
- Judges 14:12 “Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can solve it for me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.
- Esther 2:18 Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.
- Matthew 22:11–12 But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes. …
Obligations Under, Inferior to Duty to God
- Deuteronomy 13:6–10 If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known, …
- Matthew 19:29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
- Luke 14:26 “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters — yes, even his own life — he cannot be My disciple.
Often Contracted by Parents for Children
- Genesis 24:49–51 Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere.” …
- Genesis 34:6 Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.
- Genesis 34:8 But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
Parables From
- Matthew 22:2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
- Matthew 25:1–10 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. …
Parents' Consent Requires in the Mosaic Law
- Exodus 22:17 If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.
Parents Contract for Their Children: Abraham for Isaac
- Genesis 24:1 By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.
Parents Contract for Their Children: Hagar Selects a Wife for Ishmael
- Genesis 21:21 And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
Parents Contract for Their Children: Laban Arranges for his Daughters' Marriage
- Genesis 29:1 Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.
Parents Contract for Their Children: Samson Asks his Parents to Procure Him a Wife
- Judges 14:2 So he returned and told his father and mother, “I have seen a daughter of the Philistines in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.”
Parents Might Refuse to Give Their Children In
- Exodus 22:17 If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.
- Deuteronomy 7:3 Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
Presents Given to Parents to Secure Their Favor
- Genesis 24:53 Then he brought out jewels of silver and gold, and articles of clothing, and he gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother and her mother.
- Genesis 34:12 Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”
- Deuteronomy 22:29 then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.
- 1 Samuel 18:25 Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.
- Hosea 3:2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.
Priest not to Contract, with Divorced or Improper Persons
- Leviticus 21:7 A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
should be Only in the Lord
- 1 Corinthians 7:39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.
should be with Consent of Parents
- Genesis 28:8 And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,
- Judges 14:2–3 So he returned and told his father and mother, “I have seen a daughter of the Philistines in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.” …
The Bride: Adorned with Jewels For
- Isaiah 49:18 Lift up your eyes and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “you will wear them all as jewelry and put them on like a bride.
- Isaiah 61:10 I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself …
The Bride: Attended by Bridesmaids
- Psalm 45:9 The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
The Bride: Called to Forget Her Father's House
- Psalm 45:10 Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
The Bride: Given a Handmaid At
- Genesis 24:59 So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.
- Genesis 29:24 And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.
- Genesis 29:29 Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.
The Bride: Gorgeously Apparelled
- Psalm 45:13–14 All glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold. …
The Bride: Received Presents Before
- Genesis 24:53 Then he brought out jewels of silver and gold, and articles of clothing, and he gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother and her mother.
The Bride: Stood on the Right of Bridegroom
- Psalm 45:9 The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
The Bridegroom: Adorned with Ornaments
- Isaiah 61:10 I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself …
The Bridegroom: Attended by Many Friends
- Judges 14:11 And when the Philistines saw him, they selected thirty men to accompany him.
- John 3:29 The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
The Bridegroom: Crowned with Garlands
- Song of Solomon 3:11 Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding— the day of his heart’s rejoicing.
The Bridegroom: Presented with Gifts
- Psalm 45:12 The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor.
The Bridegroom: Rejoiced Over the Bride
- Isaiah 62:5 For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
The Bridegroom: Returned with the Bride to his House at Night
- Matthew 25:1–6 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. …
The Expectation of the Promised Seed of the Woman An
- Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
- Genesis 4:1 And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said.
The Groom Exempt One Year from Military Duty
- Deuteronomy 24:5 If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.
The High Priest not to Contract, with a Widow or a Divorced
- Leviticus 21:14 He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,
The Jews were Allowed Divorce From, Because of Hardness of Their
- Deuteronomy 24:1 If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.
- Matthew 19:7–8 “Why then,” they asked, “did Moses order a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?” …
The Jews: Betrothed Themselves some Time Before
- Deuteronomy 20:7 Has any man become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man marry her.”
- Judges 14:5 Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Suddenly a young lion came roaring at him,
- Judges 14:7–8 Then Samson continued on his way down and spoke to the woman, because she was pleasing to his eyes. …
- Matthew 1:18 This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
The Jews: Careful in Contracting for Their Children
- Genesis 24:2–3 So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh, …
- Genesis 28:1–2 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded. …
The Jews: Considered Being Debarred From, a Cause of Grief
- Judges 11:38 “Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.
The Jews: Considered Being Debarred From, a Reproach
- Isaiah 4:1 In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”
The Jews: Contracted when Young
- Proverbs 2:17 who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
- Joel 1:8 Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.
The Jews: Exempted from Going to War Immediately After
- Deuteronomy 20:7 Has any man become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man marry her.”
The Jews: Forbidden to Contract with Idolaters
- Deuteronomy 7:3–4 Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, …
- Joshua 23:12 For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,
- Ezra 9:11–12 that You gave through Your servants the prophets, saying: ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the impurity of its peoples and the abominations with which they have filled it from end to end. …
The Jews: Forbidden to Contract, with Their Near Relations
- Leviticus 18:6 None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.
The Jews: Obliged to Contract with a Brother's Wife Who Died Without
- Deuteronomy 25:5 When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.
- Matthew 22:24 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.
The Jews: Often Contracted with Foreigners
- 1 Kings 11:1 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh — women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
- Nehemiah 13:23 In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
The Jews: Often Contracted, in Their own Tribe
- Exodus 2:1 Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman,
- Numbers 36:6–13 This is what the LORD has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: They may marry anyone they please, provided they marry within a clan of the tribe of their father. …
- Luke 1:5 In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a descendant of Aaron.
- Luke 1:27 to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.
The Jews: Often Punished by Being Debarred From
- Jeremiah 7:34 I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”
- Jeremiah 16:9 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes and in your days, the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom.
- Jeremiah 25:10 Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
The Jews: Sometimes Guilty of Polygamy
- 1 Kings 11:1 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh — women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
- 1 Kings 11:3 He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines — and his wives turned his heart away.
Unclassified Scriptures Relating To
- Genesis 2:23–24 And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.” …
- Exodus 22:16–17 If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife. …
- Leviticus 18:6–18 None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD. …
- Leviticus 20:14 If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.
- Leviticus 20:17 If a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his sister; …
- Leviticus 20:19–21 You must not have sexual relations with the sister of your mother or your father, for it is exposing one’s own kin; both shall bear their iniquity. …
- Leviticus 21:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,
- Leviticus 21:7 A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
- Leviticus 21:13–15 The woman he marries must be a virgin. …
- Numbers 36:8 Every daughter who possesses an inheritance from any Israelite tribe must marry within a clan of the tribe of her father, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of his fathers.
- Deuteronomy 21:10–14 When you go to war against your enemies and the LORD your God delivers them into your hand and you take them captive, …
- Deuteronomy 24:1–5 If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house. …
- Proverbs 18:22 He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
- Proverbs 21:9 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- Proverbs 21:19 Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
- Jeremiah 29:6 Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.
- Hosea 2:19–20 So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion. …
- Malachi 2:13–16 And this is another thing you do: You cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and groaning, because He no longer regards your offerings or receives them gladly from your hands. …
- Matthew 5:31–32 It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’ …
- Mark 6:17–18 For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married. …
- Mark 10:2–12 Some Pharisees came to test Him. “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” they inquired. …
- Matthew 19:2–9 Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them there. …
- Luke 16:18 Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
- Romans 7:1–3 Do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives? …
- 1 Corinthians 6:16 Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”
- 1 Corinthians 7:1–40 Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations. …
- 1 Corinthians 9:5 Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
- 1 Corinthians 11:11–12 In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. …
- 1 Timothy 3:2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
- 1 Timothy 3:12 A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.
- 1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
- 1 Timothy 4:3 They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
- 1 Timothy 5:14 So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.
- Hebrews 13:4 Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Wedding Robes Adorned with Jewels
- Isaiah 61:10 I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself …
Wives Among the Israelites Must be Israelites
- Exodus 34:16 And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.
- Deuteronomy 7:3–4 Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, …
- 1 Chronicles 23:22 Eleazar died without having any sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
- Ezra 9:1–2 After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like …
- Ezra 9:12 Now, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, leaving it as an …
- Nehemiah 10:30 We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.
- Nehemiah 13:26–27 Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel— yet foreign women drew him into sin. …
- Malachi 2:11 Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.
- 1 Corinthians 7:39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.
- 2 Corinthians 6:14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
Wives Obtained by Kidnapping
- Judges 21:21–23 and watch. When you see the daughters of Shiloh come out to perform their dances, each of you is to come out of the vineyards, catch for himself a wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. …
Wives Obtained by Purchase
- Genesis 29:20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.
- Ruth 4:10 Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You …
- Hosea 3:2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.
- Hosea 12:12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife — for a wife he tended sheep.
Wives Taken by Edict
- Esther 2:2–4 Then the king’s attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king, …
- Esther 2:8–14 When the king’s command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the citadel of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to the palace and placed under the care of Hegai, the custodian of the women. …
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.