“Come back to me, my wayward sons,” says the Lord, “for I am your true master. ¹  If you do, ²  I will take one of you from each town and two of you from each family group, and I will bring you back to Zion.

So, my brothers and sisters, ¹  you also died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you could be joined to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, to bear fruit to God. ² 

If anyone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his virgin, ¹  if she is past the bloom of youth ²  and it seems necessary, he should do what he wishes; he does not sin. Let them marry.

For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” ¹  also said, “Do not murder.” ²  Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.

“It is not our custom here,” ¹  Laban replied, “to give the younger daughter in marriage ²  before the firstborn.

If he takes another wife, ¹  he must not diminish the first one’s food, ²  her clothing, or her marital rights. ³ 

“But every vow of a widow or of a divorced woman which she has pledged for herself will remain intact. ¹ 

If she made the vow in her husband’s house or put herself under obligation with an oath,

Sheshan gave his daughter to his servant Jarha as a wife; she bore him Attai.

Jehoshaphat was very wealthy and greatly respected. He made an alliance by marriage with Ahab,

Like a bridegroom it emerges ¹  from its chamber; ²  like a strong man it enjoys ³  running its course. ⁴ 

who leaves ¹  the husband ²  from her younger days, ³  and forgets her marriage covenant ⁴  made before God. ⁵ 

May your fountain be blessed, ¹  and may you rejoice ²  in your young wife ³  –

For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

He ¹  said to them, “Not everyone can accept this statement, except those to whom it has been given.

“The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.

For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels ¹  in heaven.

Now on the third day there was a wedding at Cana ¹  in Galilee. ²  Jesus’ mother ³  was there,

Not only that, but when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, ¹  our ancestor Isaac –

A husband should give to his wife her sexual rights, ¹  and likewise a wife to her husband.