Bible verses about Marriage
(From Nave's Topical Bible)

-Consanguinous, Abraham and Sarah Genesis 11:29; 12:13; 20:3, 9-16 -Isaac and Rebekah Genesis 24:3, 4, 67; 28:2 -Jacob and his wives Genesis 29:15-30 -See below, in the elaborated text -Levirate (the brother required to marry a brother's widow) Genesis 38:8, 11; Deuteronomy 25:5-10; Ruth 4:5; Matthew 22:24; Mark 12:19-23; Luke 20:28 -Parents contract for their children .Hagar selects a wife for Ishmael Genesis 21:21 .Abraham for Isaac Genesis 24 .Laban arranges for his daughters' marriage Genesis 29 .Samson asks his parents to procure him a wife Judges 14:2 -Parents' consent requires in the Mosaic law Exodus 22:17 -Presents given to parents to secure their favor Genesis 24:53; 34:12; Deuteronomy 22:29; I Samuel 18:25; Hosea 3:2 -Nuptial feasts Genesis 29:22; Judges 14:12; Esther 2:18; Matthew 22:11, 12 -Jesus present at John 2:1-5 -Ceremony attested by witnesses Ruth 4:1-11; Isaiah 8:1-3 -The groom exempt one year from military duty Deuteronomy 24:5 -Bridal ornaments Isaiah 49:18; Jeremiah 2:32 -Bridal presents Genesis 24:53; Psalms 45:12 -A herald preceded the bridegroom Matthew 25:6 -Wedding robes adorned with jewels Isaiah 61:10 -Wives obtained .By purchase Genesis 29:20; Ruth 4:10; Hosea 3:2; 12:12 .By kidnapping Judges 21:21-23 -Given by Kings I Samuel 17:25; 18:17, 21 -Daughters given in, as rewards of valor Judges 1:12; I Samuel 17:25; 18:27 -Wives taken by edict Esther 2:2-4, 8-14 -David gave one hundred Philistine foreskins for a wife II Samuel 3:14 -Wives among the Israelites must be Israelites Exodus 34:16; Deuteronomy 7:3, 4; Ezra 9:1, I Chronicles 23:22; 2, 12; Nehemiah 10:30; 13:26, 27; Malachi 2:11; I Corinthians 7:39; II Corinthians 6:14 -Betrothal a quasi-marriage Matthew 1:18; Luke 1:27 -Betrothal made with the spirit Ezekiel 16:8 -Celibacy deplored Judges 11:38; Isaiah 4:1; Jeremiah 16:9 -Advised I Corinthians 7:7, 8, 24-40 -Obligations under, inferior to duty to God Deuteronomy 13:6-10; Matthew 19:29; Luke 14:26 -Not binding after death Matthew 22:29, 30; Mark 12:24, 25 -See BRIDE -See BRIDEGROOM -UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Genesis 2:23, 24; Exodus 22:16, 17; 20:14, Leviticus 18:6-18; 17, 19-21; 21:1, 7, 13-15; Numbers 36:8; Deuteronomy 21:10-14; 24:1-5; Proverbs 18:22; 21:9, 19; Jeremiah 29:6; Hosea 2:19, 20; Malachi 2:13-16; Matthew 5:31, 32; Mark 6:17, 18; 10:2-12; Matthew 19:2-9; Luke 16:18; Romans 7:1-3; I Corinthians 6:16; 7:1-40; 9:5; 11:11, 12; I Timothy 3:2, 12; 4:1, 3; 5:14; Hebrews 13:4 -FIGURATIVE Isaiah 54:5; 62:4, 5; Jeremiah 3:14; 31:32; Hosea 1:2; 2:19, 20; Ephesians 5:30-32; Revelation 19:7-9 .Parables from Matthew 22:2; 25:1-10 .See DIVORCE .See HUSBAND .See WIFE

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