Quotes about Marriage
Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
— Deuteronomy 7:3
Has any man become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man marry her.”
— Deuteronomy 20:7
if you see a beautiful woman among them, and you desire her and want to take her as your wife,
— Deuteronomy 21:11
then you shall bring her into your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails,
— Deuteronomy 21:12
and put aside the clothing of her captivity. After she has lived in your house a full month and mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
— Deuteronomy 21:13
And if you are not pleased with her, you are to let her go wherever she wishes. But you must not sell her for money or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.
— Deuteronomy 21:14
If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,
— Deuteronomy 21:15
Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her,
— Deuteronomy 22:13
and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”
— Deuteronomy 22:14
Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate
— Deuteronomy 22:15
and say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to hate her.
— Deuteronomy 22:16
They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.
— Deuteronomy 22:19