Yet you ask, “Why?” The Lord is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young, ¹  to whom you have become unfaithful even though she is your companion and wife by law. ² 

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified because of the wife, and the unbelieving wife because of her husband. ¹  Otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother, ¹ 

Pharaoh liked Hadad so well ¹  he gave him his sister-in-law (Queen Tahpenes’ sister) as a wife. ² 

And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, ¹  and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah; ²  she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

Jeroboam told his wife, “Disguise ¹  yourself so that people cannot recognize you are Jeroboam’s wife. Then go to Shiloh; Ahijah the prophet, who told me I would rule over this nation, lives there. ² 

It is not the wife who has the rights to her own body, but the husband. In the same way, it is not the husband who has the rights to his own body, but the wife.

“Come out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you.

He lived in the wilderness of Paran. ¹  His mother found a wife for him from the land of Egypt. ² 

Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Acquire this young girl as my wife.” ¹ 

You must not have sexual intercourse with your father’s wife; she is your father’s nakedness. ¹ 

The most rewarded ¹  of women should be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite! She should be the most rewarded of women who live in tents.

Samson’s bride was then given to his best man. ¹ 

His sixth son was Ithream, born to David’s wife Eglah. These sons ¹  were all born to David in Hebron.

When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband Uriah was dead, she mourned for him. ¹ 

A foolish child ¹  is the ruin of his father, and a contentious wife ²  is like ³  a constant dripping. ⁴ 

A house and wealth are inherited from parents, ¹  but a prudent wife ²  is from the Lord.

and Jesse the father of David the king. David was the father of Solomon (by the wife of Uriah ¹ ),

For John had repeatedly told ¹  Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” ² 

After some time ¹  his wife Elizabeth became pregnant, ²  and for five months she kept herself in seclusion. ³  She said, ⁴