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  1  PreNAB                     |           man; the institution of marriage as the union of one man
  2    Pent,  Gen   12:   13(4) |     Hurrian custom of wife-sister marriage. Among the Hurrians, with
  3    Pent,  Gen   19:   14    |   sons-in-law, who had contracted marriage with his daughters. "Get
  4    Pent,  Gen   19:   14(4) |         was the first part of the marriage ceremony), or even whether
  5    Pent,  Gen   25:    1(1) |         mentioned here, Abraham's marriage to a "concubine," or wife
  6    Pent,  Gen   29:   21    |          that I may consummate my marriage with her, for my term is
  7    Pent,  Gen   29:   23    |         and Jacob consummated the marriage with her. ~
  8    Pent,  Gen   29:   28    |        him his daughter Rachel in marriage. ~
  9    Pent,  Gen   29:   30    |        Jacob then consummated his marriage with Rachel also, and he
 10    Pent,  Gen   31:   15(2) |        for giving his daughter in marriage was legally reserved as
 11    Pent,  Gen   34:    8    |         Please give her to him in marriage. ~
 12    Pent,  Gen   34:   12    |        only give me the maiden in marriage." ~
 13    Pent,  Gen   34:   16    |       daughters and take yours in marriage; we will settle among you
 14    Pent,  Gen   34:   21    |          our daughters to them in marriage. ~
 15    Pent,  Gen   38:    8(3) |     levirate, or "brother-in-law" marriage; see notes on Deut 25:5;
 16    Pent,  Gen   38:   14    |          not been given to him in marriage. ~
 17    Pent,  Gen   41:   45    |        Joseph, and he gave him in marriage Asenath, the daughter of
 18    Pent,  Exo    2:   21    |          his daughter Zipporah in marriage. ~
 19    Pent,  Exo    6:   20(2) |          sister." Later on such a marriage was forbidden. Cf Lev 18:
 20    Pent,  Exo   22:   15    |        with her, he shall pay her marriage price and marry her. ~
 21    Pent,  Exo   22:   16    |       still pay him the customary marriage price for virgins. ~
 22    Pent,  Exo   22:   16(4) |                 16] The customary marriage price for virgins: fifty
 23    Pent,  Lev   18:    6(1) |       apply to the women as well. Marriage, as well as casual intercourse,
 24    Pent,  Lev   20:   17    |          17 ~If a man consummates marriage with his sister or his half-sister,
 25    Pent,  Num   12:    1    |       Moses on the pretext of the marriage he had contracted with a
 26    Pent,  Num   30:   11(2) |        husband's house: after her marriage. This contrasts with the
 27    Pent,  Deu   22:   16    |           daughter to this man in marriage, but he has come to dislike
 28    Pent,  Deu   22:   23(5) |          husband's home and whose marriage is therefore still unconsummated. ~
 29    Pent,  Deu   25:    5(3) |      within the same clan. Such a marriage of a widow with her brother-in-law
 30    Pent,  Deu   25:    5(3) |          is known as a "levirate" marriage from the Latin word levir,
 31    Pent,  Jos   15:   16    |        give my daughter Achsah in marriage to the one who attacks Kiriath-sepher
 32    Pent,  Jos   15:   17    |        him his daughter Achsah in marriage. ~
 33    Pent,  Jos   15:   18    |             18 ~On the day of her marriage to Othniel, she induced
 34    Pent,  Jud    1:   12    |        give my daughter Achsah in marriage to the one who attacks Kiriath-sepher
 35    Pent,  Jud    1:   13    |        him his daughter Achsah in marriage. ~
 36    Pent,  Jud    1:   14    |             14 ~On the day of her marriage to Othniel she induced him
 37    Pent,  Jud    3:    6    |           took their daughters in marriage, and gave their own daughters
 38    Pent,  Jud    3:    6    |        daughters to their sons in marriage, and served their gods. ~
 39    Pent,  Jud   14:    1(1) |         sentiment was against any marriage with a non-Israelite; cf
 40    Pent,  Jud   21:    1    |        would give his daughter in marriage to anyone from Benjamin. ~
 41    Pent,  Jud   21:    7    |           any of our daughters in marriage?" ~
 42    Pent,  Jud   21:   18    |           any of our daughters in marriage, because the Israelites
 43    Pent,  Rut  Int          |           Israelite people by her marriage with the influential Boaz
 44    Pent,  Rut  Int          |          faith and an illustrious marriage whereby she became the ancestress
 45    Pent,  Rut    4:    5(4) |        first male child of such a marriage would be the legal son of
 46    Pent,  Rut    4:    7(5) |           of Elimelech and to the marriage with Ruth. The custom mentioned
 47     His, 1Sam   18:   17    |           whom I will give you in marriage if you become my champion
 48     His, 1Sam   18:   19    |           David, she was given in marriage to Adriel the Meholathite
 49     His, 1Sam   18:   27    |        him his daughter Michal in marriage. ~
 50     His, 1Sam   19:   11(1) |        escape on the night of his marriage with Michal. ~
 51     His, 1Sam   21:    5(1) |        times (Lev 15:18) with the marriage act. David's answer supposes
 52     His, 1Sam   25:   39    |           then sent a proposal of marriage to Abigail. ~
 53     His, 1Kin    3:    1    |         Solomon allied himself by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
 54     His, 1Kin   11:   19    |            so that he gave him in marriage the sister of Queen Tahpenes,
 55     His, 2Kin    8:   27    |         he was related to them by marriage. ~
 56     His, 2Kin   14:    9    |        your daughter to my son in marriage,' but an animal of Lebanon
 57     His, 1Chr    2:   35    |      Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his slave Jarha, and
 58     His, 2Chr   18:    1    |         became related to Ahab by marriage. ~
 59     His,  Ezr    9:   12    |        daughters to their sons in marriage, and do not take their daughters
 60     His,  Tob  Int          |     toward parents, the purity of marriage, reverence for the dead,
 61     His,  Tob  Int          |              Tobiah's Journey and Marriage to Sarah (Tobit 4:1-9:6) ~                         
 62     His,  Tob    3:   17(5) |         the patriarchal custom of marriage within the family group.
 63     His,  Tob    4:    3(1) |           Tobit 4:7, 11, 16, 17); marriage to a kinsman (Tobit 4:12,
 64     His,  Tob    6:   13(2) |         Numbers 36:6-8 prescribed marriage within the ancestral tribe,
 65     His,  Tob    7:   11    |           11 ~I have given her in marriage to seven men, all of whom
 66     His,  Tob    7:   11    |           the Book of Moses. Your marriage to her has been decided
 67     His,  Tob    7:   13    |           that he might draw up a marriage contract stating that he
 68     His, 1Mac   10:   58    |         his daughter Cleopatra in marriage. Their wedding was celebrated
 69   WisdB,  Psa   45:    1(1) |       song for the Davidic king's marriage to a foreign princess from
 70   WisdB,  Pro   24:   27(9) |         practical preparation for marriage.~
 71   WisdB,  Son  Int          |          the Lord and Israel as a marriage. Hosea the prophet sees
 72   WisdB,  Son  Int          |    descriptions the courtship and marriage customs of the author's
 73   WisdB,  Son  Int          |          and interest.~The use of marriage as a symbol, characteristic
 74   WisdB,  Son    3:   11    |     crowned him~on the day of his marriage,~on the day of the joy of
 75   WisdB,  Son    8:    8(3) |           her in view of eventual marriage. If she is virtuous, she
 76   WisdB, Wisd    3:   13    |          not transgression of the marriage bed; she shall bear fruit
 77   WisdB, Wisd    7:    2    |         pleasure that accompanies marriage. ~
 78   WisdB, Wisd   13:   17    |          prays about his goods or marriage or children, he is not ashamed
 79   WisdB, Wisd   14:   26    |       unnatural lust, disorder in marriage, adultery and shamelessness. ~
 80   WisdB,  Sir    7:   25    |           Giving your daughter in marriage ends a great task; but give
 81   WisdB,  Sir   23:   18    |         the man who dishonors his marriage bed and says to himself "
 82   WisdB,  Sir   23:   23(7) |         injustice to a partner in marriage, and disgraceful offspring.~
 83   WisdB,  Sir   47:   20    |       reputation, shame upon your marriage, Wrath upon your descendants,
 84  ProphB,  Isa    1:   21(10)|          to unfaithfulness to the marriage vow.~
 85  ProphB,  Jer    2:    1(1) |     symbolized by the figure of a marriage, was frequently broken by
 86  ProphB,  Eze   16:    8(2) |          signify the intention of marriage; cf Ruth 3:9.~
 87  ProphB,  Dan   11:   17    |        and give him a daughter in marriage in order to destroy the
 88  ProphB,  Hos  Int          |        around his own unfortunate marriage to Gomer, a personal tragedy
 89  ProphB,  Hos  Int          |     Yahweh and Israel in terms of marriage. This symbolism appears
 90  ProphB,  Hos  Int          |                     The Prophet's Marriage and Its Lesson (Hosea 1:
 91  ProphB,  Hos    1:    1(1) |        his people Israel. Hosea's marriage to a harlot wife represents
 92  ProphB,  Mal    2:   10(2) |         of the indissolubility of marriage was fully realized in New
 93    Gosp,  Mat    1:   18(7) |         was the first part of the marriage, constituting a man and
 94    Gosp,  Mat    5:   31(21)|         Jesus denies. (Unless the marriage is unlawful): this "exceptive
 95    Gosp,  Mat    5:   31(21)|           gives as a reason why a marriage must be broken refers to
 96    Gosp,  Mat    5:   31(21)|          of Mosaic law forbidding marriage between persons of certain
 97    Gosp,  Mat    5:   31(21)|   prohibition of divorce when the marriage is lawful.~
 98    Gosp,  Mat    5:   32    |     divorces his wife (unless the marriage is unlawful) causes her
 99    Gosp,  Mat    9:   15(11)|      kingdom, as it would be at a marriage feast. Yet the saying looks
100    Gosp,  Mat   12:   39(28)|         Israel was portrayed as a marriage bond, and unfaithfulness
101    Gosp,  Mat   19:    4(5) |          be joined to his wife in marriage in the intimacy of one flesh (
102    Gosp,  Mat   19:    9    |     divorces his wife (unless the marriage is unlawful) and marries
103    Gosp,  Mat   19:    9(7) |           concession. (Unless the marriage is unlawful): see the note
104    Gosp,  Mat   19:   12    |         12 ~Some are incapable of marriage because they were born so;
105    Gosp,  Mat   19:   12    |       because they have renounced marriage 9 for the sake of the kingdom
106    Gosp,  Mat   19:   12(9) |                  12] Incapable of marriage: literally, "eunuchs." Three
107    Gosp,  Mat   19:   12(9) |        have voluntarily renounced marriage (literally, "have made themselves
108    Gosp,  Mat   19:   12(9) |          refused to enter another marriage. But it is more likely that
109    Gosp,  Mat   22:   30    |    neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like the angels
110    Gosp,  Mat   24:   38    |            marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day that Noah
111    Gosp,  Mar   10:    2(1) |        beginning concerning human marriage (Mark 10:6-8). He reaffirms
112    Gosp,  Mar   12:   25    |    neither marry nor are given in marriage, but they are like the angels
113    Gosp,  Luk    2:   36    |        with her husband after her marriage, ~
114    Gosp,  Luk   17:   27    |            marrying and giving in marriage up to the day that Noah
115    Gosp,  Luk   20:   28(8) |      based on the law of levirate marriage recorded in Deut 25:5-10,
116    Gosp,  Luk   20:   35    |    neither marry nor are given in marriage. ~
117    Gosp,  Act   15:   13(6) |         blood-meats, and to avoid marriage within forbidden degrees
118    Gosp,  Act   15:   20    |    pollution from idols, unlawful marriage, the meat of strangled animals,
119    Gosp,  Act   15:   29    |        animals, and from unlawful marriage. If you keep free of these,
120    Gosp,  Act   21:   25    |        animals, and from unlawful marriage." 9 ~
121    Gosp,  Act   24:   24(4) |        entered into an adulterous marriage with Drusilla, daughter
122    Gosp,  Act   24:   24(4) |          of Herod Agrippa I. This marriage provides the background
123   NTLet,  Rom    7:    1(1) |           dead, as exemplified in marriage, which binds in life but
124   NTLet, 1Cor  Int          |          1-13), the use of sex in marriage (1 Cor 7:1-7), and the attitude
125   NTLet, 1Cor  Int          |           by the unmarried toward marriage in view of the possible
126   NTLet, 1Cor  Int          |                      A.           Marriage and Virginity (1 Cor 7:1-
127   NTLet, 1Cor    6:   15(6) |       applied positively to human marriage in Matthew and Mark, and
128   NTLet, 1Cor    6:   15(6) |          a parody, an antitype of marriage, which does conflict with
129   NTLet, 1Cor    7:    1(1) |           first of these concerns marriage. This chapter contains advice
130   NTLet, 1Cor    7:    1(3) | impression that asceticism within marriage, i.e., suspension of normal
131   NTLet, 1Cor    7:    7(5) |       term charisma suggests that marriage and celibacy may be viewed
132   NTLet, 1Cor    7:   15(9) |    Pauline privilege" in Catholic marriage legislation.~
133   NTLet, 1Cor    7:   36(13)|          a betrothal or spiritual marriage. The general principles
134   NTLet, 2Cor   11:    2(3) |  described in imagery of love and marriage, as in the prophets; cf
135   NTLet,  Eph    5:   21(6) |    Holding with Genesis 2:24 that marriage is a divine institution (
136   NTLet,  Eph    5:   21(6) |          31), Paul sees Christian marriage as taking on a new meaning
137   NTLet,  Eph    5:   21(6) |         and devotion in Christian marriage are a clear reflection (
138   NTLet, 1The    4:    3(2) |         specific problem, namely, marriage within degrees of consanguinity (
139   NTLet, 1The    4:    3(2) |          be rendered as "unlawful marriage" and "this matter" (1 Thes
140   NTLet, 1Tim    3:    8(4) |           have shown stability in marriage and have a good record with
141   NTLet, 1Tim    4:    1(1) |         asceticism that prohibits marriage and regards certain foods
142   NTLet, 1Tim    4:    3    |                    3 ~They forbid marriage and require abstinence from
143   NTLet, 1Tim    5:    1(1) |         beyond the probability of marriage, i.e., sixty years of age,
144   NTLet,  Heb   13:    4    |                            4 ~Let marriage be honored among all and
145   NTLet,  Heb   13:    4    |         honored among all and the marriage bed be kept undefiled, for
146   CathL,  Jam    4:    4(3) |         God and his people is the marriage bond. In this image, breaking
147   CathL,  Rev   19:    5(2) |           church, celebrating the marriage of the Lamb, the union of
148   CathL,  Rev   19:    7(3) |          2 Cor 11:2; Eph 5:22-27. Marriage is one of the biblical metaphors