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Marriage

Passages about marriage, from across both testaments.

5 passages, chosen by hand. Others could have been chosen.

Genesis 2:24KJV

Verse 24. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

1 Corinthians 13:4–7KJV

Verse 4. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Verse 5. Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Verse 6. Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Verse 7. Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Written to a divided church rather than for a wedding, which is part of why it lands.

Ephesians 5:25KJV

Verse 25. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

Colossians 3:14KJV

Verse 14. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

Ecclesiastes 4:9–12KJV

Verse 9. Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. Verse 10. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Verse 11. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? Verse 12. And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Not about marriage specifically, and long read alongside it.

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