Nave's Topical Bible: Orville J. Nave, A.M., D.D., LL.D.

MARRIAGE

• Consanguinous, Abraham and Sarah Gen. 11:29, 12:13, 20:3, 9-16
  • Isaac and Rebekah Gen. 24:3, 4, 67, 28:2
  • Jacob and his wives Gen. 29:15-30
  • See below, in the elaborated text
• Levirate (the brother required to marry a brother's widow) Gen. 38:8, 11; Dt. 25:5-10; Ruth 4:5; Mt. 22:24; Mk. 12:19-23; Lk. 20:28
• Parents contract for their children
  • Hagar selects a wife for Ishmael Gen. 21:21
  • Abraham for Isaac Gen. 24
  • Laban arranges for his daughters' marriage Gen. 29
  • Samson asks his parents to procure him a wife Judg. 14:2
• Parents' consent required in the Mosaic law Ex. 22:17
• Presents given to parents to secure their favor Gen. 24:53, 34:12; Dt. 22:29; 1 Sam. 18:25; Hos. 3:2
• Nuptial feasts Gen. 29:22; Judg. 14:12; Esther 2:18; Mt. 22:11, 12
• Jesus present at Jn. 2:1-5
• Ceremony attested by witnesses Ruth 4:1-11; Isa. 8:1-3
• The groom exempt one year from military duty Dt. 24:5
• Bridal ornaments Isa. 49:18; Jer. 2:32
• Bridal presents Gen. 24:53; Ps. 45:12
• A herald preceded the bridegroom Mt. 25:6
• Wedding robes adorned with jewels Isa. 61:10
• Wives obtained
  • By purchase Gen. 29:20; Ruth 4:10; Hos. 3:2, 12:12
  • By kidnapping Judg. 21:21-23
  • Given by Kings 1 Sam. 17:25, 18:17, 21
  • Daughters given in, as rewards of valor Judg. 1:12; 1 Sam. 17:25, 18:27
  • Wives taken by edict Esther 2:2-4, 8-14
  • David gave one hundred Philistine foreskins for a wife 2 Sam. 3:14
• Wives among the Israelites must be Israelites Ex. 34:16; Dt. 7:3, 4; 1 Chr. 23:22; Ezra 9:1, 2, 12; Neh. 10:30, 13:26, 27; Mal. 2:11; 1 Cor. 7:39; 2 Cor. 6:14
• Betrothal a quasi-marriage Mt. 1:18; Lk. 1:27
• Betrothal made with the spirit Ezek. 16:8
• Celibacy deplored Judg. 11:38; Isa. 4:1; Jer. 16:9
• Advised 1 Cor. 7:7, 8, 24-40
• Obligations under, inferior to duty to God Dt. 13:6-10; Mt. 19:29; Lk. 14:26
• Not binding after death Mt. 22:29, 30; Mk. 12:24, 25
• UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Gen. 2:23, 24; Ex. 22:16, 17; Lev. 18:6-18, 20:14, 17, 19-21, 21:1, 7, 13-15; Num. 36:8; Dt. 21:10-14, 24:1-5; Pr. 18:22, 21:9, 19; Jer. 29:6; Hos. 2:19, 20; Mal. 2:13-16; Mt. 5:31, 32; Mk. 6:17, 18, 10:2-12; Mt. 19:2-9; Lk. 16:18; Rom. 7:1-3; 1 Cor. 6:16, 7:1-40, 9:5, 11:11, 12; 1 Tim. 3:2, 12, 4:1, 3, 5:14; Heb. 13:4
• FIGURATIVE Isa. 54:5, 62:4, 5; Jer. 3:14, 31:32; Hos. 1:2, 2:19, 20; Eph. 5:30-32; Rev. 19:7-9
  • Parables from Mt. 22:2, 25:1-10
• See BRIDE
• See BRIDEGROOM
• See DIVORCE
• See HUSBAND
• See WIFE