Marriage
42 references
- Consanguinous, Abraham and Sarah Gen. 11:29; 12:13; 20:3,9-16
- Isaac and Rebekah Gen. 24:3,4,67; 28:2
- Jacob and his wives Gen. 29:15-30
- See below, in the elaborated text
- Levirate (the brother required to marry a brother's widow) Gen. 38:8,11; Deut. 25:5-10; Ruth 4:5; Matt. 22:24; Mark 12:19-23; Luke 20:28
- Parents contract for their children
- Hagar selects a wife for Ishmael Gen. 21:21
- Abraham for Isaac Gen. 24
- Laban arranges for his daughters' marriage Gen. 29
- Samson asks his parents to procure him a wife Judg. 14:2
- Parents' consent requires in the Mosaic law Exod. 22:17
- Presents given to parents to secure their favor Gen. 24:53; 34:12; Deut. 22:29; 1 Sam. 18:25; Hos. 3:2
- Nuptial feasts Gen. 29:22; Judg. 14:12; Esth. 2:18; Matt. 22:11,12
- Jesus present at John 2:1-5
- Ceremony attested by witnesses Ruth 4:1-11; Isa. 8:1-3
- The groom exempt one year from military duty Deut. 24:5
- Bridal ornaments Isa. 49:18; Jer. 2:32
- Bridal presents Gen. 24:53; Ps. 45:12
- A herald preceded the bridegroom Matt. 25:6
- Wedding robes adorned with jewels Isa. 61:10
- Wives obtained
- By purchase Gen. 29:20; Ruth 4:10; Hos. 3:2; 12:12
- By kidnapping Judg. 21:21-23
- Given by Kings 1 Sam. 17:25; 18:17,21
- Daughters given in, as rewards of valor Judg. 1:12; 1 Sam. 17:25; 18:27
- Wives taken by edict Esth. 2:2-4,8-14
- David gave one hundred Philistine foreskins for a wife 2 Sam. 3:14
- Wives among the Israelites must be Israelites Exod. 34:16; Deut. 7:3,4; 1 Chr. 23:22; Ezra 9:1,2,12; Neh. 10:30; 13:26,27; Mal. 2:11; 1 Cor. 7:39; 2 Cor. 6:14
- Betrothal a quasi-marriage Matt. 1:18; Luke 1:27
- Betrothal made with the spirit Ezek. 16:8
- Celibacy deplored Judg. 11:38; Isa. 4:1; Jer. 16:9
- Advised 1 Cor. 7:7,8,24-40
- Obligations under, inferior to duty to God Deut. 13:6-10; Matt. 19:29; Luke 14:26
- Not binding after death Matt. 22:29,30; Mark 12:24,25
- See Bride
- See Bridegroom
- UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Gen. 2:23,24; Exod. 22:16,17; Lev. 18:6-18; 20:14,17,19-21; 21:1,7,13-15; Num. 36:8; Deut. 21:10-14; 24:1-5; Prov. 18:22; 21:9,19; Jer. 29:6; Hos. 2:19,20; Mal. 2:13-16; Matt. 5:31,32; Mark 6:17,18; 10:2-12; Matt. 19:2-9; Luke 16:18; Rom. 7:1-3; 1 Cor. 6:16; 7:1-40; 9:5; 11:11,12; 1 Tim. 3:2,12; 4:1,3; 5:14; Heb. 13:4
- FIGURATIVE Isa. 54:5; 62:4,5; Jer. 3:14; 31:32; Hos. 1:2; 2:19,20; Eph. 5:30-32; Rev. 19:7-9
- Parables from Matt. 22:2; 25:1-10
- See Divorce
- See Husband
- See Wife
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.