Ecclesiastes 9:9
World English Bible
9 Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity, for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 9:9
Amplified Bible
9 Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your fleeting life which He has given you under the sun—all the days of vanity and futility. For this is your reward in life and in your work in which you have labored under the sun.
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Proverbs 5:18-19
World English Bible
18 Let your spring be blessed.
Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
19 A loving doe and a graceful deer—
let her breasts satisfy you at all times.
Be captivated always with her love.
Proverbs 5:18-19
Amplified Bible
18
Let your fountain (wife) be blessed [with the rewards of fidelity],
And rejoice in the wife of your youth.(A)
19
Let her be as a loving hind and graceful doe,
Let her breasts refresh and satisfy you at all times;
Always be [a]exhilarated and delight in her love.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:19 Lit stagger (with passion).
Matthew 19:4-5
World English Bible
4 He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
Matthew 19:4-5
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4 He replied, “Have you never read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, 5 and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined inseparably to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?(A)
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