Ruth 4:10
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10 And with the land I have acquired Ruth, the Moabite widow of Mahlon, to be my wife. This way she can have a son to carry on the family name of her dead husband and to inherit the family property here in his hometown. You are all witnesses today.”
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Deuteronomy 25:6
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6 The first son she bears to him will be considered the son of the dead brother, so that his name will not be forgotten in Israel.
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Ephesians 5:25
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25 For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her
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Hebrews 13:4
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4 Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery.
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Malachi 2:14
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14 You cry out, “Why doesn’t the Lord accept my worship?” I’ll tell you why! Because the Lord witnessed the vows you and your wife made when you were young. But you have been unfaithful to her, though she remained your faithful partner, the wife of your marriage vows.
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Zechariah 13:2
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2 “And on that day,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “I will erase idol worship throughout the land, so that even the names of the idols will be forgotten. I will remove from the land both the false prophets and the spirit of impurity that came with them.
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Hosea 12:12
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12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram,
and there he[a] earned a wife by tending sheep.
Hosea 3:2
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2 So I bought her back for fifteen pieces of silver[a] and five bushels of barley and a measure of wine.[b]
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Isaiah 48:19
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19 Your descendants would have been like the sands along the seashore—
too many to count!
There would have been no need for your destruction,
or for cutting off your family name.”
Isaiah 8:2-3
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2 I asked Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah, both known as honest men, to witness my doing this.
3 Then I slept with my wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. And the Lord said, “Call him Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
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Proverbs 31:10-11
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A Wife of Noble Character
10 [a]Who can find a virtuous and capable wife?
She is more precious than rubies.
11 Her husband can trust her,
and she will greatly enrich his life.
Footnotes
- 31:10 Verses 10-31 comprise a Hebrew acrostic poem; each verse begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Proverbs 19:14
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14 Fathers can give their sons an inheritance of houses and wealth,
but only the Lord can give an understanding wife.
Proverbs 18:22
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22 The man who finds a wife finds a treasure,
and he receives favor from the Lord.
Psalm 109:15
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15 May the Lord always remember these sins,
and may his name disappear from human memory.
Psalm 34:16
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16 But the Lord turns his face against those who do evil;
he will erase their memory from the earth.
Joshua 7:9
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9 For when the Canaanites and all the other people living in the land hear about it, they will surround us and wipe our name off the face of the earth. And then what will happen to the honor of your great name?”
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Genesis 29:27
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27 “But wait until the bridal week is over; then we’ll give you Rachel, too—provided you promise to work another seven years for me.”
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Genesis 29:18-19
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18 Since Jacob was in love with Rachel, he told her father, “I’ll work for you for seven years if you’ll give me Rachel, your younger daughter, as my wife.”
19 “Agreed!” Laban replied. “I’d rather give her to you than to anyone else. Stay and work with me.”
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