Quotes about Marriage
and his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him.
— Judges 14:20
Later on, at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat and went to visit his wife. “I want to go to my wife in her room,” he said. But her father would not let him enter.
— Judges 15:1
“I was sure that you thoroughly hated her,” said her father, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her instead.”
— Judges 15:2
“Who did this?” the Philistines demanded. “It was Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite,” they were told. “For his wife was given to his companion.” So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father to death.
— Judges 15:6
Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”
— Judges 21:1
What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”
— Judges 21:7
Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”
— Judges 21:16
But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”
— Judges 21:18
and watch. When you see the daughters of Shiloh come out to perform their dances, each of you is to come out of the vineyards, catch for himself a wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
— Judges 21:21
When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will tell them, ‘Do us a favor by helping them, since we did not get wives for each of them in the war. Since you did not actually give them your daughters, you have no guilt.’”
— Judges 21:22
who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years,
— Ruth 1:4
May the LORD enable each of you to find rest in the home of your new husband.” And she kissed them as they wept aloud
— Ruth 1:9