Haller's Concordance: WIFE
- Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh. Gen. 2:24
- And they were both naked: to wit, Adam and his wife: and were not ashamed. Gen. 2:25
- And when they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in paradise at the afternoon air, Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God, amidst the trees of paradise. Gen. 3:8
- And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee, that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work: with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life. Gen. 3:17
- And Adam called the name of his wife Eve: because she was the mother of all the living. Gen. 3:20
- And the Lord God made for Adam and his wife garments of skins, and clothed them. Gen. 3:21
- ¤ And Adam knew Eve his wife; who conceived and brought forth Cain, saying: I have gotten a man through God. Gen. 4:1
- And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived, and brought forth Henoch: and he built a city, and called the name thereof by the name of his son Henoch. Gen. 4:17
- Adam also knew his wife again: and she brought forth a son, and called his name Seth, saying: God hath given me another seed for Abel, whom Cain slew. Gen. 4:25
- And I will establish my covenant with thee, and thou shalt enter into the ark, thou and thy sons, and thy wife, and the wives of thy sons with thee. Gen. 6:18
- And Noe went in and his sons, his wife and the wives of his sons with him into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. Gen. 7:7
- In the selfsame day Noe, and Sem, and Cham, and Japheth, his sons: his wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, went into the ark. Gen. 7:13
- Go out of the ark, thou and thy wife, thy sons and the wives of thy sons with thee. Gen. 8:16
- So Noe went out, he and his sons: his wife, and the wives of his sons with him. Gen. 8:18
- And Abram and Nachor married wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai: and the name of Nachor's wife, Melcha, the daughter of Aran, father of Melcha and father of Jescha. Gen. 11:29
- And Thare took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Aran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, the wife of Abram his son, and brought them out of Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Chanaan: and they came as far as Haran, and dwelt there. Gen. 11:31
- And he took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all the substance which they had gathered, and the souls which they had gotten in Haran: and they went out to go into the land of Chanaan. And when they were come into it, Gen. 12:5
- And when he was near to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife: I know that thou art a beautiful woman: Gen. 12:11
- And that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they will say: She is his wife: and they will kill me, and keep thee. Gen. 12:12
- But the Lord scourged Pharao and his house with most grievous stripes for Sarai, Abram's wife. Gen. 12:17
- And Pharao called Abram, and said to him: What is this that thou hast done to me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? Gen. 12:18
- For what cause didst thou say, she was thy sister, that I might take her to my wife? Now therefore there is thy wife, take her, and go thy way. Gen. 12:19
- And Pharao gave his men orders concerning Abram: and they led him away and his wife, and all that he had. Gen. 12:20
- ¤ And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him into the south. Gen. 13:1
- ¤ Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had brought forth no children: but having a handmaid, an Egyptian, named Agar, Gen. 16:1
- She took Agar the Egyptian her handmaid, ten years after they first dwelt in the land of Chanaan, and gave her to her husband to wife. Gen. 16:3
- God said also to Abraham: Sarai thy wife thou shalt not call Sarai, but Sara. Gen. 17:15
- And God said to Abraham: Sara thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him for a perpetual covenant, and with his seed after him. Gen. 17:19
- And when they had eaten, they said to him: Where is Sara thy wife? He answered: Lo she is in the tent. Gen. 18:9
- And he said to him: I will return and come to thee at this time, life accompanying, and Sara, thy wife, shall have a son. Which when Sara heard, she laughed behind the door of the tent. Gen. 18:10
- And when it was morning, the angels pressed him, saying: Arise, take thy wife, and the two daughters which thou hast: lest thou also perish in the wickedness of the city. Gen. 19:15
- And as he lingered, they took his hand, and the hand of his wife, and of his two daughters, because the Lord spared him. Gen. 19:16
- And his wife looking behind her, was turned into a statue of salt. Gen. 19:26
- And he said of Sara his wife: She is my sister. So Abimelech the king of Gerara sent, and took her. Gen. 20:2
- Now therefore restore the man his wife, for he is a prophet: and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: but if thou wilt not restore her, know that thou shalt surely die, thou and all that are thine. Gen. 20:7
- Abraham answered: I thought with myself, saying: Perhaps there is not the fear of God in this place: and they will kill me for the sake of my wife: Gen. 20:11
- Howbeit, otherwise also she is truly my sister, the daughter of my father, and not the daughter of my mother, and I took her to wife. Gen. 20:12
- And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and gave to Abraham: and restored to him Sara his wife, Gen. 20:14
- And when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bore children: Gen. 20:17
- For the Lord had closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech, on account of Sara, Abraham's wife. Gen. 20:18
- And he dwelt in the wilderness of Pharan, and his mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt. Gen. 21:21
- And so Abraham buried Sara, his wife, in the double cave of the field, that looked towards Mambre, this is Hebron in the land of Chanaan. Gen. 23:19
- That I may make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that thou take not a wife for my son, of the daughters of the Chanaanites, among whom I dwell: Gen. 24:3
- But that thou go to my own country and kindred, and take a wife from thence for my son Isaac. Gen. 24:4
- The Lord God of heaven, who took me out of my father's house, and out of my native country, who spoke to me, and swore to me, saying: To thy seed will I give this land: he will send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take from thence a wife for my son. Gen. 24:7
- He had not yet ended these words within himself, and behold Rebecca came out, the daughter of Bathuel, son of Melcha, wife to Nachor the brother of Abraham, having a pitcher on her shoulder: Gen. 24:15
- And Sara, my master's wife, hath borne my master a son in her old age, and he hath given him all that he had. Gen. 24:36
- And my master made me swear, saying: Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the Chanaanites, in whose land I dwell: Gen. 24:37
- But thou shalt go to my father's house, and shalt take a wife of my own kindred for my son: Gen. 24:38
- The Lord, said he, in whose sight I walk, will send his angel with thee, and will direct thy way: and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my own kindred, and of my father's house. Gen. 24:40
- Behold, Rebecca is before thee, take her and go thy way, and let her be the wife of thy master's son, as the Lord hath spoken. Gen. 24:51
- Who brought her into the tent of Sara his mother, and took her to wife: and he loved her so much, that it moderated the sorrow which was occasioned by his mother's death. Gen. 24:67
- ¤ And Abraham married another wife named Cetura: Gen. 25:1
- Which he had bought of the children of Heth: there was he buried, and Sara his wife. Gen. 25:10
- Who when he was forty years old, took to wife Rebecca the daughter of Bathuel the Syrian of Mesopotamia, sister to Laban. Gen. 25:20
- And Isaac besought the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and he heard him, and made Rebecca to conceive. Gen. 25:21
- And when he was asked by the men of that place, concerning his wife, he answered: She is my sister: for he was afraid to confess that she was his wife, thinking lest perhaps they would kill him because of her beauty. Gen. 26:7
- And when very many days were passed, and he abode there, Abimelech, king of the Palestines, looking out through a window, saw him playing with Rebecca, his wife. Gen. 26:8
- And calling for him, he said: It is evident she is thy wife: why didst thou feign her to be thy sister? He answered: I feared lest I should die for her sake. Gen. 26:9
- And Abimelech said: Why hast thou deceived us? Some man of the people might have lain with thy wife, and thou hadst brought upon us a great sin. And he commanded all the people, saying: Gen. 26:10
- He that shall touch this man's wife, shall surely be put to death. Gen. 26:11
- And Rebecca said to Isaac: I am weary of my life, because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the stock of this land, I choose not to live. Gen. 27:46
- ¤ And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, saying: Take not a wife of the stock of Chanaan: Gen. 28:1
- But go, and take a journey to Mesopotamia of Syria, to the house of Bathuel, thy mother's father, and take thee a wife thence of the daughters of Laban, thy uncle. Gen. 28:2
- And Esau seeing that his father had blessed Jacob, and had sent him into Mesopotamia of Syria, to marry a wife thence; and that after the blessing he had charged him, saying: Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Chanaan: Gen. 28:6
- He went to Ismael, and took to wife, besides them he had before, Maheleth, the daughter of Ismael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nabajoth. Gen. 28:9
- And he said to Laban: Give me my wife; for now the time is fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. Gen. 29:21
- And going to Hemor his father, he said: Get me this damsel to wife. Gen. 34:4
- And Hemor spoke to them: The soul of my son Sichem has a longing for your daughter: give her him to wife: Gen. 34:8
- Raise the dowry, and ask gifts, and I will gladly give what you shall demand: only give me this damsel to wife. Gen. 34:12
- And these the names of his sons: Eliphaz the son of Ada, the wife of Esau: and Rahuel, the son of Basemath, his wife. Gen. 36:10
- And Thamna was the concubine of Eliphaz, the son of Esau: and she bore him Amalech. These are the sons of Ada, the wife of Esau. Gen. 36:12
- And the sons of Rahuel were Nahath and Zara, Samma and Meza. These were the sons of Basemath, the wife of Esau. Gen. 36:13
- And these were the sons of Oolibama, the daughter of Ana, the daughter of Sebeon, the wife of Esau, whom she bore to him, Jehus, and Ihelon, and Core. Gen. 36:14
- And these were the sons of Rahuel, the son of Esau: duke Nahath, duke Zara, duke Samma, duke Meza. And these are the dukes of Rahuel, in the land of Edom: these the sons of Basemath, the wife of Esau. Gen. 36:17
- And these the sons of Oolibama, the wife of Esau: duke Jehus, duke Ihelon, duke Core. These are the dukes of Oolibama, the daughter of Ana, and wife of Esau. Gen. 36:18
- This man also being dead, Adar reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Phau: and his wife was called Meetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezaab. Gen. 36:39
- And he saw there the daughter of a man of Chanaan, called Sue: and taking her to wife, he went in unto her. Gen. 38:2
- And Juda took a wife for Her, his first born, whose name was Thamar. Gen. 38:6
- Juda, therefore, said to Onan his son: Go in to thy brother's wife and marry her, that thou mayst raise seed to thy brother. Gen. 38:8
- He knowing that the children should not be his, when he went in to his brother's wife, spilled his seed upon the ground, lest children should be born in his brother's name. Gen. 38:9
- And after many days were past: the daughter of Sue the wife of Juda died: and when he had taken comfort after his mourning, he went up to Thamnas, to the shearers of his sheep, he and Hiras the Odollamite, the shepherd of his flock. Gen. 38:12
- Neither is there any thing which is not in my power, or that he hath not delivered to me, but thee, who art his wife; how then can I do this wicked thing, and sin against my God? Gen. 39:9
- His master hearing these things, and giving too much credit to his wife's words, was very angry, Gen. 39:19
- And he turned his name, and called him in the Egyptian tongue the saviour of the world. And he gave him to wife Aseneth, the daughter of Putiphare, priest of Heliopolis. Then Joseph went out to the land of Egypt. Gen. 41:45
- Whereunto he answered: You know that my wife bore me two. Gen. 44:27
- The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin. Gen. 46:19
- There they buried him, and Sara his wife: there was Isaac buried with Rebecca, his wife: there also Lia doth lie buried. Gen. 49:31
- ¤ After this there went a man of the house of Levi; and took a wife of his own kindred. Ex. 2:1
- And Moses swore that he would dwell with him. And he took Sephora his daughter to wife: Ex. 2:21
- Moses therefore took his wife, and his sons, and set them upon an ass; and returned into Egypt, carrying the rod of God in his hand. Ex. 4:20
- And Amram took to wife Jochabed his aunt by the father's side: and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of Amram's life, were a hundred and thirty-seven. Ex. 6:20
- And Aaron took to wife Elizabeth the daughter of Aminadab, sister of Nahason, who bore him Nadab, and Abiu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar. Ex. 6:23
- But Eleazar the son of Aaron took a wife of the daughters of Phutiel: and she bore him Phinees. These are the heads of the Levitical families by their kindreds. Ex. 6:25
- He took Sephora, the wife of Moses, whom he had sent back: Ex. 18:2
- And Jethro, the kinsman of Moses, came with his sons, and his wife to Moses into the desert, where he was camped by the mountain of God. Ex. 18:5
- And he sent word to Moses, saying: I Jethro, thy kinsman, come to thee, and thy wife, and thy two sons with her. Ex. 18:6
- Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house; neither shalt thou desire his wife, nor his servant, nor his handmaid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his. Ex. 20:17
- With what raiment he came in, with the like let him go out: if having a wife, his wife also shall go out with him. Ex. 21:3
- But if his master gave him a wife, and she hath borne sons and daughters; the woman and her children shall be her master's: but he himself shall go out with his raiment. Ex. 21:4
- And if the servant shall say: I love my master and my wife and children, I will not go out free: Ex. 21:5
- And if he take another wife for him, he shall provide her a marriage, and raiment, neither shall he refuse the price of her chastity. Ex. 21:10
- If a man seduce a virgin not yet espoused, and lie with her: he shall endow her, and have her to wife. Ex. 22:16
- Neither shalt thou take of their daughters a wife for thy son, lest after they themselves have committed fornication, they make thy sons also to commit fornication with their gods. Ex. 34:16
- Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's wife: for it is the nakedness of thy father. Lev. 18:8
- Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, whom she bore to thy father: and who is thy sister. Lev. 18:11
- Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother: neither shalt thou approach to his wife, who is joined to thee by affinity. Lev. 18:14
- Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: because she is thy son's wife, neither shalt thou discover her shame. Lev. 18:15
- Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: because it is the nakedness of thy brother. Lev. 18:16
- Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy wife and her daughter. Thou shalt not take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, to discover her shame: because they are her flesh, and such copulation is incest. Lev. 18:17
- Thou shalt not take thy wife's sister for a harlot, to rival her: neither shalt thou discover her nakedness, while she is yet living. Lev. 18:18
- Thou shalt not lie with thy neighbour's wife: nor be defiled with mingling of seed. Lev. 18:20
- If any man commit adultery with the wife of another, and defile his neighbour's wife: let them be put to death, both the adulterer and the adulteress. Lev. 20:10
- If any man lie with the wife of his uncle by the father, or of his uncle by the mother, and uncover the shame of his near akin, both shall bear their sin. They shall die without children. Lev. 20:20
- He that marrieth his brother's wife, doth an unlawful thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness. They shall be without children. Lev. 20:21
- They shall not take to wife a harlot or a vile prostitute, nor one that has been put away from her husband: because they are consecrated to their God, Lev. 21:7
- He shall take a virgin unto his wife. Lev. 21:13
- Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The man whose wife shall have gone astray, and contemning her husband, Num. 5:12
- If the spirit of jealousy stir up the husband against his wife, who either is defiled, or is charged with false suspicion, Num. 5:14
- ¤ And Mary and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of his wife the Ethiopian, Num. 12:1
- Who had to wife Jochabed the daughter of Levi, who was born to him in Egypt. She bore to her husband Amram sons, Aaron and Moses, and Mary their sister. Num. 26:59
- If the wife in the house of her husband, hath bound herself by vow and by oath, Num. 30:10
- These are the laws which the Lord appointed to Moses between the husband and the wife, between the father and the daughter that is as yet but a girl in age, or that abideth in her father's house. Num. 30:16
- Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife: nor his house, nor his field, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his. Dt. 5:21
- If thy brother the son of thy mother, or thy son, or daughter, or thy wife that is in thy bosom, or thy friend, whom thou lovest as thy own soul, would persuade thee secretly, saying: Let us go, and serve strange gods, which thou knowest not, nor thy fathers, Dt. 13:6
- What man is there, that hath espoused a wife, and not taken her? let him go, and return to his house, lest he die in the war, and another man take her. Dt. 20:7
- And seest in the number of the captives a beautiful woman, and lovest her, and wilt have her to wife, Dt. 21:11
- And shall put off the raiment, wherein she was taken: and shall remain in thy house, and mourn for her father and mother one month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and shalt sleep with her, and she shall be thy wife. Dt. 21:13
- If a man marry a wife, and afterwards hate her, Dt. 22:13
- And seek occasions to put her away, laying to her charge a very ill name, and say: I took this woman to wife, and going in to her, I found her not a virgin: Dt. 22:14
- And the father shall say: I gave my daughter unto this man to wife: and because he hateth her, Dt. 22:16
- Condemning him besides in a hundred sicles of silver, which he shall give to the damsel's father, because he hath defamed by a very ill name a virgin of Israel: and he shall have her to wife, and may not put her away all the days of his life. Dt. 22:19
- If a man lie with another man's wife, they shall both die, that is to say, the adulterer and the adulteress: and thou shalt take away the evil out of Israel. Dt. 22:22
- Thou shalt bring them both out to the gate of that city, and they shall be stoned: the damsel, because she cried not out, being in the city: the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife. And thou shalt take away the evil from the midst of thee. Dt. 22:24
- He that lay with her shall give to the father of the maid fifty sicles of silver, and shall have her to wife, because he hath humbled her: he may not put her away all the days of his life. Dt. 22:29
- No man shall take his father's wife, nor remove his covering. Dt. 22:30
- ¤ If a man take a wife, and have her, and she find not favour in his eyes, for some uncleanness: he shall write a bill of divorce, and shall give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. Dt. 24:1
- The former husband cannot take her again to wife: because she is defiled, and is become abominable before the Lord: lest thou cause thy land to sin, which the Lord thy God shall give thee to possess. Dt. 24:4
- When a man hath lately taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall any public business be enjoined him, but he shall be free at home without fault, that for one year he may rejoice with his wife. Dt. 24:5
- When brethren dwell together, and one of them dieth without children, the wife of the deceased shall not marry to another: but his brother shall take her, and raise up seed for his brother: Dt. 25:5
- But if he will not take his brother's wife, who by law belongeth to him, the woman shall go to the gate of the city, and call upon the ancients, and say: My husband's brother refuseth to raise up his brother's name in Israel: and will not take me to wife. Dt. 25:7
- And they shall cause him to be sent for forthwith, and shall ask him. If he answer: I will not take her to wife: Dt. 25:8
- If two men have words together, and one begin to fight against the other, and the other's wife willing to deliver her husband out of the hand of the stronger, shall put forth her hand, and take him by the secrets, Dt. 25:11
- Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, and uncovereth his bed: and all the people shall say: Amen. Dt. 27:20
- Mayst thou take a wife, and another sleep with her. Mayst thou build a house, and not dwell therein. Mayest thou plant a vineyard and not gather the vintage thereof. Dt. 28:30
- The man that is nice among you, and very delicate, shall envy his own brother, and his wife, that lieth in his bosom, Dt. 28:54
- And Caleb said: He that shall smite Cariath-Sepher, and take it, I will give him Axa my daughter to wife. Josu. 15:16
- And Othoniel the son of Cenez, the younger brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Axa his daughter to wife. Josu. 15:17
- And Caleb said: He that shall take Cariath-Sepher, and lay it waste, to him will I give my daughter Axa to wife. Judg. 1:12
- And Othoniel, the son of Cenez, the younger brother of Caleb, having taken it, he gave him Axa his daughter to wife. Judg. 1:13
- And there was at that time Debbora, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, who judged the people. Judg. 4:4
- But Sisara fleeing, came to the tent of Jahel, the wife of Haber, the Cinite, for there was peace between Jabin, the king of Asor, and the house of Haber, the Cinite. Judg. 4:17
- So Jahel, Haber's wife, took a nail of the tent, and taking also a hammer: and going in softly, and with silence, she put the nail upon the temples of his head, and striking it with the hammer, drove it through his brain fast into the ground: and so passing from deep sleep to death, he fainted away and died. Judg. 4:21
- Blessed among women be Jahel, the wife of Haber the Cinite, and blessed be she in her tent. Judg. 5:24
- Now Galaad had a wife of whom he had sons: who, after they were grown up, thrust out Jephte, saying: Thou canst not inherit in the house of our father, because thou art born of another mother. Judg. 11:2
- Now there was a certain man of Saraa, and of the race of Dan, whose name was Manue, and his wife was barren. Judg. 13:2
- And the Lord heard the prayer of Manue, and the angel of the Lord appeared again to his wife, as she was sitting in the field. But Manue her husband was not with her. And when she saw the angel, Judg. 13:9
- He rose up, and followed his wife: and coming to the man, said to him: Art thou he that spoke to the woman? And he answered: I am. Judg. 13:11
- And the angel of the Lord said to Manue: From all the things I have spoken of to thy wife, let her refrain herself: Judg. 13:13
- Then Manue took a kid of the flocks, and the libations, and put them upon a rock, offering to the Lord, who doth wonderful things: and he and his wife looked on. Judg. 13:19
- And when the flame from the altar went up towards heaven, the angel of the Lord ascended also in the flame. And when Manue and his wife saw this, they fell flat on the ground; Judg. 13:20
- And he said to his wife: We shall certainly die, because we have seen God. Judg. 13:22
- And his wife answered him: If the Lord had a mind to kill us, he would not have received a holocaust and libations at our hands; neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor have told us the things that are to come. Judg. 13:23
- He came up, and told his father and his mother, saying: I saw a woman in Thamnatha of the daughters of the Philistines: I beseech you, take her for me to wife. Judg. 14:2
- And his father and mother said to him: Is there no woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou wilt take a wife of the Philistines, who are uncircumcised? And Samson said to his father: Take this woman for me; for she hath pleased my eyes. Judg. 14:3
- And when the seventh day came, they said to the wife of Samson: Sooth thy husband, and persuade him to tell thee what the riddle meaneth. But if thou wilt not do it, we will burn thee, and thy father's house. Have you called us to the wedding on purpose to strip us? Judg. 14:15
- But his wife took one of his friends and bridal companions for her husband. Judg. 14:20
- ¤ And a while after, when the days of the wheat harvest were at hand, Samson came, meaning to visit his wife, and he brought her a kid of the flock. And when he would have gone into her chamber, as usual, her father would not suffer him, saying: Judg. 15:1
- I thought thou hadst hated her, and therefore I gave her to thy friend: but she hath a sister, who is younger and fairer than she, take her to wife instead of her. Judg. 15:2
- Then the Philistines said: Who hath done this thing? And it was answered: Samson, the son in law of the Thamnathite, because he took away his wife, and gave her to another, hath done these things. And the Philistines went up and burnt both the woman and her father. Judg. 15:6
- ¤ There was a certain Levite, who dwelt on the side of mount Ephraim, who took a wife of Bethlehem Juda: Judg. 19:1
- And the young man arose to set forward with his wife and servant. And his father in law spoke to him again: Consider that the day is declining, and draweth toward evening: tarry with me to day also, and spend the day in mirth, and to morrow thou shalt depart, that thou mayest go into thy house. Judg. 19:9
- And when he was come home, he took a sword, and divided the dead body of his wife with her bones into twelve parts, and sent the pieces into all the borders of Israel. Judg. 19:29
- Answered: I came into Gabaa, of Benjamin, with my wife, and there I lodged: Judg. 20:4
- And behold the men of that city, in the night beset the house wherein I was, intending to kill me, and abused my wife with an incredible fury of lust, so that at last she died. Judg. 20:5
- ¤ Now the children of Israel had also sworn in Maspha, saying: None of us shall give of his daughters to the children of Benjamin to wife. Judg. 21:1
- For as to our own daughters we cannot give them, being bound with an oath and a curse, whereby we said: Cursed be he that shall give Benjamin any of his daughters to wife. Judg. 21:18
- And when you shall see the daughters of Silo come out, as the custom is, to dance, come ye on a sudden out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife among them, and go into the land of Benjamin. Judg. 21:21
- And the children of Benjamin did as they had been commanded: and, according to their number, they carried off for themselves every man his wife of them that were dancing: and they went into their possession, and built up their cities, and dwelt in them. Judg. 21:23
- ‡ ¤ In the days of the judges, when the judges ruled, there came a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem Juda, went to sojourn in the land of Moab with his wife and his two sons. Ruth 1:1
- He was named Elimelech, and his wife Noemi: and his two sons, the one Mahalon, and the other Chelion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Juda. And entering into the country of Moab, they abode there. Ruth 1:2
- And Booz said to him: When thou shalt buy the field at the woman's hand, thou must take also Ruth, the Moabitess, who was the wife of the deceased: to raise up the name of thy kinsman in his inheritance. Ruth 4:5
- And have taken to wife Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of Mahalon, to raise up the name of the deceased in his inheritance lest his name be cut off, from among his family and his brethren and his people. You, I say, are witnesses of this thing. Ruth 4:10
- Now the day came, and Elcana offered sacrifice, and gave to Phenenna, his wife, and to all her sons and daughters, portions: 1 Ki. 1:4
- And they rose in the morning, and worshipped before the Lord: and they returned, and came into their house at Ramatha. And Elcana knew Anna his wife: And the Lord remembered her. 1 Ki. 1:19
- And Heli blessed Elcana and his wife: and he said to him: The Lord give thee seed of this woman, for the loan thou hast lent to the Lord. And they went to their own home. 1 Ki. 2:20
- And his daughter in law, the wife of Phinees, was big with child, and near her time: and hearing the news that the ark of God was taken, and her father in law, and her husband, were dead, she bowed herself and fell in labour: for her pains came upon her on a sudden. 1 Ki. 4:19
- And the name of Saul's wife was Achinoam, the daughter of Achimaas; and the name of the captain of his army was Abner, the son of Ner, the cousin german of Saul. 1 Ki. 14:50
- And Saul said to David: Behold my elder daughter Merob, her will I give thee to wife: only be a valiant man, and fight the battles of the Lord. Now Saul said within himself: Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hands of the Philistines be upon him. 1 Ki. 18:17
- And it came to pass at the time when Merob, the daughter of Saul, should have been given to David, that she was given to Hadriel, the Molathite, to wife. 1 Ki. 18:19
- And after a few days David rose up, and went with the men that were under him, and he slew of the Philistines two hundred men, and brought their foreskins and numbered them out to the king, that he might be his son in law. Saul therefore gave him Michol, his daughter, to wife. 1 Ki. 18:27
- Saul therefore sent his guards to David's house to watch him, that he might be killed in the morning. And when Michol, David's wife, had told him this, saying: Unless thou save thyself this night, to morrow thou wilt die: 1 Ki. 19:11
- Now the name of the man was Nabal: and the name of his wife was Abigail. And she was a prudent and very comely woman: but her husband was churlish, and very bad and ill natured: and he was of the house of Caleb. 1 Ki. 25:3
- But one of the servants told, Abigail, the wife of Nabal, saying: Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness, to salute our master: and he rejected them. 1 Ki. 25:14
- But early in the morning, when Nabal had digested his wine, his wife told him these words, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. 1 Ki. 25:37
- And when David had heard that Nabal was dead, he said: Blessed be the Lord, who hath judged the cause of my reproach, at the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil, and the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his head. Then David sent and treated with Abigail, that he might take her to himself for a wife. 1 Ki. 25:39
- And David's servants came to Abigail, to Carmel, and spoke to her, saying: David hath sent us to thee, to take thee to himself for a wife. 1 Ki. 25:40
- And Abigail arose, and made haste, and got upon an ass, and five damsels went with her, her waiting maids, and she followed the messengers of David, and became his wife. 1 Ki. 25:42
- But Saul gave Michol, his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti, the son of Lais, who was of Gallim. 1 Ki. 25:44
- And David dwelt with Achis at Geth, he and his men; every man with his household, and David with his two wives, Achinoam, the Jezrahelitess, and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel. 1 Ki. 27:3
- For the two wives also of David were taken captives, Achinoam, the Jezrahelitess, and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel. 1 Ki. 30:5
- Then all the wicked and unjust men, that had gone with David, answering, said: Because they came not with us, we will not give them any thing of the prey which we have recovered: but let every man take his wife, and his children, and be contented with them, and go his way. 1 Ki. 30:22
- So David went up, and his two wives Achinoam the Jezrahelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel: 2 Ki. 2:2
- And his second Cheleab of Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel: and the third Absalom the son of Maacha the daughter of Tholmai king of Gessur: 2 Ki. 3:3
- And the sixth Jethraam of Egla the wife of David: these were born to David In Hebron. 2 Ki. 3:5
- And David sent messengers to Isboseth the son of Saul, saying: Restore my wife Michol, whom I espoused to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines. 2 Ki. 3:14
- And the king sent, and inquired who the woman was. And it was told him, that she was Bethsabee the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Urias the Hethite. 2 Ki. 11:3
- And Urias said to David: The ark of God and Israel and Juda dwell in tents, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord abide upon the face of the earth: and shall I go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to sleep with my wife? By thy welfare and by the welfare of thy soul I will not do this thing. 2 Ki. 11:11
- And the wife of Urias heard that Urias her husband was dead, and she mourned for him. 2 Ki. 11:26
- And the mourning being over, David sent and brought her into his house, and she became his wife, and she bore him a son: and this thing which David had done, was displeasing to the Lord. 2 Ki. 11:27
- Why therefore hast thou despised the word of the Lord, to do evil in my sight? Thou hast killed Urias the Hethite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. 2 Ki. 12:9
- Therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house, because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Urias the Hethite to be thy wife. 2 Ki. 12:10
- And Nathan returned to his house. The Lord also struck the child which the wife of Urias had borne to David, and his life was despaired of. 2 Ki. 12:15
- And David comforted Bethsabee his wife, and went in unto her, and slept with her: and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon, and the Lord loved him. 2 Ki. 12:24
- And he said I pray thee speak to king Solomon (for he cannot deny thee any thing) to give me Abisag, the Sunamitess, to wife. 3 Ki. 2:17
- And she said: Let Abisag, the Sunamitess, be given to Adonias, thy brother, to wife. 3 Ki. 2:21
- Benabinadab, to whom belonged all Nephath-Dor: he had Tapheth, the daughter of Solomon, to wife. 3 Ki. 4:11
- Achimaas, in Nephthali: he also had Basemath, the daughter of Solomon, to wife. 3 Ki. 4:15
- And in the midst of the porch, was a small house, where he sat in judgment of the like work. He made also a house for the daughter of Pharao (whom Solomon had taken to wife) of the same work, as this porch; 3 Ki. 7:8
- Pharao, the king of Egypt, came up and took Gazer, and burnt it with fire: and slew the Chanaanite that dwelt in the city, and gave it for a dowry to his daughter, Solomon's wife. 3 Ki. 9:16
- And Adad found great favour before Pharao, insomuch that he gave him to wife the own sister of his wife, Taphnes, the queen. 3 Ki. 11:19
- And Jeroboam said to his wife: Arise, and change thy dress, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Silo, where Ahias, the prophet is, who told me that I should reign over this people. 3 Ki. 14:2
- Jeroboam's wife did as he told her: and rising up, went to Silo, and came to the house of Ahias; but he could not see, for his eyes were dim by reason of his age. 3 Ki. 14:4
- And the Lord said to Ahias: Behold the wife of Jeroboam cometh in, to consult thee concerning her son, that is sick: thus and thus shalt thou speak to her. So when she was coming in, and made as if she were another woman, 3 Ki. 14:5
- Ahias heard the sound of her feet, coming in at the door, and said: Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam: why dost thou feign thyself to be another? But I am sent to thee with heavy tidings. 3 Ki. 14:6
- And the wife of Jeroboam arose, and departed, and came to Thersa: and when she was coming in to the threshold of the house, the child died, 3 Ki. 14:17
- Nor was it enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat: but he also took to wife Jezabel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians. And he went, and served Baal, and adored him. 3 Ki. 16:31
- And Jezabel, his wife, went in to him, and said to him: What is the matter that thy soul is so grieved? and why eatest thou no bread? 3 Ki. 21:5
- Then Jezabel, his wife, said to him. Thou art of great authority indeed, and governest well the kingdom of Israel. Arise, and eat bread, and be of good cheer; I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezrahelite. 3 Ki. 21:7
- Now, there was not such another as Achab, who was sold to do evil in the sight of the Lord: for his wife, Jezabel, set him on, 3 Ki. 21:25
- Now there had gone out robbers from Syria, and had led away captive out of the land of Israel, a little maid, and she waited upon Naaman's wife. 4 Ki. 5:2
- And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Achab had walked: for the daughter of Achab was his wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. 4 Ki. 8:18
- And Joas, king of Israel, sent again to Amasias, king of Juda, saying: A thistle of Libanus sent to a cedar tree, which is in Libanus, saying: Give thy daughter to my son to wife. And the beasts of the forest, that are in Libanus, passed, and trod down the thistle. 4 Ki. 14:9
- So Helcias, the priest, and Ahicam, and Achobor, and Saphan, and Asaia, went to Holda, the prophetess, the wife of Sellum, the son of Thecua, the son of Araas, keeper of the wardrobe, who dwelt in Jerusalem, in the Second: and they spoke to her. 4 Ki. 22:14
- He also died, and Adad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Phau, and his wife was called Meetabel the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezaab. 1 Par. 1:50
- And Caleb the son of Hesron took a wife named Azuba, of whom he had Jerioth: and her sons were Jaser, and Sobab, and Ardon. 1 Par. 2:18
- And when Azuba was dead, Caleb took to wife Ephrata: who bore him Hur. 1 Par. 2:19
- And afterwards Hesron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Galaad, and took her to wife when he was threescore years old: and she bore him Segub. 1 Par. 2:21
- And when Hesron was dead, Caleb went in to Ephrata. Hesron also had to wife Abia who bore him Ashur the father of Thecua. 1 Par. 2:24
- And Jerameel married another wife, named Atara, who was the mother of Onam. 1 Par. 2:26
- And the name of Abisur's wife was Abihail, who bore him Ahobban, and Molid. 1 Par. 2:29
- And he gave him his daughter to wife: and she bore him Ethei. 1 Par. 2:35
- The fifth Saphatias of Abital, the sixth Jethrahem of Egla his wife. 1 Par. 3:3
- And his wife Judaia, bore Jared the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Icuthiel the father of Zanoe. And these are the sons of Bethia the daughter of Pharao, whom Mered took to wife. 1 Par. 4:18
- And the sons of his wife Odaia the sister of Naham the father of Celia, Garmi, and Esthamo, who was of Machathi. 1 Par. 4:19
- And Maacha the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Phares: and the name of his brother was Sares: and his sons were Ulam and Recen. 1 Par. 7:16
- And he went in to his wife: and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Beria, because he was born when it went evil with his house: 1 Par. 7:23
- And he begot of Hodes his wife Jobab, and Sebia, and Mosa, and Molchom, 1 Par. 8:9
- And at Gabaon dwelt Abigabaon, and the name of his wife was Maacha: 1 Par. 8:29
- And in Gabaon dwelt Jehiel the father of Gabaon, and the name of his wife was Maacha: 1 Par. 9:35
- And he removed the daughter of Pharao from the city of David, to the house which he had built for her. For the king said: My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, for it is sanctified: because the ark of the Lord came into it. 2 Par. 8:11
- And Roboam took to wife Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David: and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Isai. 2 Par. 11:18
- And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Achab had done: for his wife was a daughter of Achab, and he did evil in the sight of the Lord. 2 Par. 21:6
- But Josabeth the king's daughter took Joas the son of Ochozias, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain. And she hid him with his nurse in a bedchamber: now Josabeth that hid him, was daughter of king Joram, wife of Joiada the high priest, and sister of Ochozias, and therefore Athalia did not kill him. 2 Par. 22:11
- But he sent back the messengers, saying: The thistle that is in Libanus, sent to the cedar in Libanus, saying: Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and behold the beasts that were in the wood of Libanus passed by and trod down the thistle. 2 Par. 25:18
- And Helcias and they that were sent with him by the king, went to Olda the prophetess, the wife of Sellum the son of Thecuath, the son of Hasra keeper of the wardrobe: who dwelt in Jerusalem in the Second part: and they spoke to her the words above mentioned. 2 Par. 34:22
- And of the children of the priests: the children of Hobia, the children of Accos, the children of Berzellai, who took a wife of the daughters of Berzellai, the Galaadite, and was called by their name: 1 Esd. 2:61
- For there were many in Judea sworn to him, because he was the son in law of Sechenias the son of Area, and Johanan his son had taken to wife the daughter of Mosollam the son of Barachias. 2 Esd. 6:18
- And of the priests, the children of Habia, the children of Accos, the children of Berzellai, who took a wife of the daughters of Berzellai the Galaadite, and he was called by their name. 2 Esd. 7:63
- But when he was a man, he took to wife Anna of his own tribe, and had a son by her, whom he called after his own name, Tob. 1:9
- And when by the captivity he with his wife and his son and all his tribe was come to the city of Ninive, Tob. 1:11
- But Tobias fleeing naked away with his son and with his wife, lay concealed, for many loved him. Tob. 1:23
- Now Anna his wife went daily to weaving work, and she brought home what she could get for their living by the labour of her hands. Tob. 2:19
- At these words his wife being angry answered: It is evident thy hope is come to nothing, and thy alms now appear. Tob. 2:22
- Take heed to keep thyself, my son, from all fornication, and beside thy wife never endure to know a crime. Tob. 4:13
- All his substance is due to thee, and thou must take her to wife. Tob. 6:12
- Ask her therefore of her father, and he will give her thee to wife. Tob. 6:13
- And Raguel looking upon Tobias, said to Anna his wife: How like is this young man to my cousin? Tob. 7:2
- And Anna his wife, and Sara their daughter wept. Tob. 7:8
- The angel said to him: Be not afraid to give her to this man, for to him who feareth God is thy daughter due to be his wife: therefore another could not have her. Tob. 7:12
- And Raguel called to him Anna his wife, and bade her to prepare another chamber. Tob. 7:18
- And now, Lord, thou knowest, that not for fleshly lust do I take my sister to wife, but only for the love of posterity, in which thy name may be blessed for ever and ever. Tob. 8:9
- And when they had prepared the pit, Raguel went back to his wife, and said to her: Tob. 8:13
- And returning she brought the good news: and Raguel and Anna his wife blessed the Lord, Tob. 8:16
- And he spoke to his wife to make ready a feast, and prepare all kind of provisions that are necessary for such as go a journey. Tob. 8:21
- And may a blessing come upon thy wife and upon your parents. Tob. 9:10
- And he began to be exceeding sad, both he and Anna his wife with him: and they began both to weep together, because their son did not return to them on the day appointed. Tob. 10:3
- If it please thee therefore, let us go before, and let the family follow softly after us, together with thy wife, and with the beasts. Tob. 11:3
- And receiving him kissed him, as did also his wife, and they began to weep for joy. Tob. 11:11
- And they glorified God, both he and his wife and all that knew him. Tob. 11:16
- And after seven days Sara his son's wife and all the family arrived safe, and the cattle, and the camels, and an abundance of money of his wife's: and that money also which he had received of Gabelus, Tob. 11:18
- He conducted me and brought me safe again, he received the money of Gabelus, he caused me to have my wife, and he chased from her the evil spirit, he gave joy to her parents, myself he delivered from being devoured by the fish, thee also he hath made to see the light of heaven, and we are filled with all good things through him. What can we give him sufficient for these things? Tob. 12:3
- And now the Lord hath sent me to heal thee, and to deliver Sara thy son's wife from the devil. Tob. 12:14
- And it came to pass that after the death of his mother, Tobias departed out of Ninive with his wife, and children, and children's children, and returned to his father and mother in law. Tob. 14:14
- But dissembling his anger, and returning into his house, he called together to him his friends, and Zares his wife: Esther 5:10
- Then Zares his wife, and the rest of his friends answered him: Order a great beam to be prepared, fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king, that Mardochai may be hanged upon it, and so thou shalt go full of joy with the king to the banquet. The counsel pleased him, and he commanded a high gibbet to be prepared. Esther 5:14
- And he told Zares his wife, and his friends, all that had befallen him. And the wise men whom he had in counsel, and his wife answered him: If Mardochai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou canst not resist him, but thou shalt fall in his sight. Esther 6:13
- And his wife said to him: Dost thou still continue in thy simplicity? bless God and die. Job 2:9
- My wife hath abhorred my breath, and I entreated the children of my womb. Job 19:17
- Let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lie with her. Job 31:10
- May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. Ps. 109:9
- Thy wife as a fruitful vine, on the sides of thy house. Thy children as olive plants, round about thy table. Ps. 128:3
- Let thy vein be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of thy youth: Pr. 5:18
- So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife, shall not be clean when he shall touch her. Pr. 6:29
- He that hath found a good wife, hath found a good thing, and shall receive a pleasure from the Lord. He that driveth away a good wife, driveth away a good thing: but he that keepeth an adulteress, is foolish and wicked. Pr. 18:22
- A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through. Pr. 19:13
- House and riches are given by parents: but a prudent wife is properly from the Lord. Pr. 19:14
- Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest, all the days of thy unsteady life, which are given to thee under the sun, all the time of thy vanity: for this is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherewith thou labourest under the sun. Eccl. 9:9
- Depart not from a wise and good wife, whom thou hast gotten in the fear of the Lord: for the grace of her modesty is above gold. Sir. 7:21
- If thou hast a wife according to thy soul, cast her not off: and to her that is hateful, trust not thyself. With thy whole heart, Sir. 7:28
- ¤ Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, lest she shew in thy regard the malice of a wicked lesson. Sir. 9:1
- Many by admiring the beauty of another man's wife, have become reprobate, for her conversation burneth as fire. Sir. 9:11
- Sit not at all with another man's wife, nor repose upon the bed with her: Sir. 9:12
- And she will meet him as an honourable mother, and will receive him as a wife married of a virgin. Sir. 15:2
- The concord of brethren, and the love of neighbours, and man and wife that agree well together. Sir. 25:2
- As the climbing of a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of tongue to a quiet man. Sir. 25:27
- ¤ Happy is the husband of a good wife: for the number of his years is double. Sir. 26:1
- A good wife is a good portion, she shall be given in the portion of them that fear God, to a man for his good deeds. Sir. 26:3
- As the sun when it riseth to the world in the high places of God, so is the beauty of a good wife for the ornament of her house. Sir. 26:21
- Give not to son or wife, brother or friend, power over thee while thou livest; and give not thy estate to another, lest thou repent, and thou entreat for the same. Sir. 33:20
- He that possesseth a good wife, beginneth a possession: she is a help like to himself, and a pillar of rest. Sir. 36:26
- Where there is no hedge, the possession shall be spoiled: and where there is no wife, he mourneth that is in want. Sir. 36:27
- Children, and the building of a city shall establish a name, but a blameless wife shall be counted above them both. Sir. 40:19
- A friend and companion meeting together in season, but above them both is a wife with her husband. Sir. 40:23
- Gaze not upon another man's wife, and be not inquisitive after his handmaid, and approach not her bed. Sir. 41:27
- Sure keeping is good over a wicked wife. Sir. 42:6
- For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and mourning in spirit, and as a wife cast off from her youth, said thy God. Isa. 54:6
- ¤ It is commonly said: If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and marry another man, shall he return to her any more? shall not that woman be polluted, and defiled? but thou hast prostituted thyself to many lovers: nevertheless return to me, saith the Lord, and I will receive thee. Jer. 3:1
- They are become as amorous horses and stallions: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife. Jer. 5:8
- Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons and daughters in this place. Jer. 16:2
- And hath not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel: and hath not defiled his neighbour's wife, nor come near to a menstruous woman: Ezec. 18:6
- Though he doth not all these things, but that eateth upon the mountains, and that defileth his neighbour's wife: Ezec. 18:11
- That hath not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and hath not defiled his neighbour's wife: Ezec. 18:15
- And every one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife, and the father in law hath wickedly defiled his daughter in law, the brother hath oppressed his sister the daughter of his father in thee. Ezec. 22:11
- So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening: and I did in the morning as he had commanded me. Ezec. 24:18
- You stood on your swords, you have committed abominations, and every one hath defiled his neighbour's wife; and shall you possess the land by inheritance? Ezec. 33:26
- Neither shall they take to wife a widow, nor one that is divorced, but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel: but they may take a widow also, that is, the widow of a priest. Ezec. 44:22
- And he took a wife, whose name was Susanna, the daughter of Helcias, a very beautiful woman, and one that feared God. Dan. 13:2
- And they said before the people: Send to Susanna, daughter of Helcias, the wife of Joakim. And presently they sent. Dan. 13:29
- But Helcias, and his wife, praised God, for their daughter, Susanna, with Joakim, her husband, and all her kindred, because there was no dishonesty found in her. Dan. 13:63
- The beginning of the Lord's speaking by Osee: and the Lord said to Osee: Go, take thee a wife of fornications, and have of her children of fornications: for the land by fornication shall depart from the Lord. Osee 1:2
- Judge your mother, judge her: because she is not my wife, and I am not her husband. Let her put away her fornications from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts. Osee 2:2
- Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and was a keeper for a wife. Osee 12:12
- Therefore thus saith the Lord: Thy wife shall play the harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be measured by a line: and thou shalt die in a polluted land, and Israel shall go into captivity out of their land. Amso 7:17
- And you have said: For what cause? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee, and the wife of thy youth, whom thou hast despised: yet she was thy partner, and the wife of thy covenant. Mal. 2:14
- Did not one make her, and she is the residue of his spirit? And what doth one seek, but the seed of God? Keep then your spirit, and despise not the wife of thy youth. Mal. 2:15
- Now, therefore, let us make friendship one with another: and give me now thy daughter to wife, and I will be thy son in law, and I will give both thee and her gifts worthy of thee. 1 Ma. 10:54
- And he desired him to marry a wife, and to have children. So he married: he lived quietly, and they lived in common. 2 Ma. 14:25
- And Jesse begot David the king. And David the king begot Solomon, of her that had been the wife of Urias. Mt. 1:6
- But while he thought on these things, behold the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost. Mt. 1:20
- And Joseph rising up from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and took unto him his wife. Mt. 1:24
- And it hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce. Mt. 5:31
- But I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, excepting for the cause of fornication, maketh her to commit adultery: and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery. Mt. 5:32
- And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying, and sick of a fever; Mt. 8:14
- For Herod had apprehended John and bound him, and put him into prison, because of Herodias, his brother's wife. Mt. 14:3
- And as he had not wherewith to pay it, his lord commanded that he should be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. Mt. 18:25
- And there came to him the Pharisees tempting him, saying: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? Mt. 19:3
- And he said: For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh. Mt. 19:5
- And I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery. Mt. 19:9
- His disciples say unto him: If the case of a man with his wife be so, it is not expedient to marry. Mt. 19:10
- And every one that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall possess life everlasting. Mt. 19:29
- Saying: Master, Moses said: If a man die having no son, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up issue to his brother. Mt. 22:24
- Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first having married a wife, died; and not having issue, left his wife to his brother. Mt. 22:25
- At the resurrection therefore, whose wife of the seven shall she be? For they all had her. Mt. 22:28
- And as he was sitting in the place of judgment, his wife sent to him, saying: Have thou nothing to do with that just man; for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. Mt. 27:19
- And Simon's wife's mother lay in a fit of a fever: and forthwith they tell him of her. Mk. 1:30
- For Herod himself had sent and apprehended John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her. Mk. 6:17
- For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. Mk. 6:18
- And the Pharisees coming to him asked him, tempting him: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? Mk. 10:2
- For this cause, a man shall leave his father and mother and shall cleave to his wife. Mk. 10:7
- And he saith to them: Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry another committeth adultery against her. Mk. 10:11
- And if the wife shall put away her husband and be married to another, she committeth adultery. Mk. 10:12
- Master, Moses wrote unto us that if any man's brother die and leave his wife behind him and leave no children, his brother should take his wife and raise up seed to his brother. Mk. 12:19
- Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife and died leaving no issue. Mk. 12:20
- In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise again, whose wife shall she be of them? For the seven had her to wife. Mk. 12:23
- There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zachary, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth. Lk. 1:5
- But the angel said to him: Fear not, Zachary, for thy prayer is heard: and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son. And thou shalt call his name John. Lk. 1:13
- And Zachary said to the angel: Whereby shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years. Lk. 1:18
- And after those days, Elizabeth his wife conceived and hid herself five months, saying: Lk. 1:24
- To be enrolled with Mary his espoused wife, who was with child. Lk. 2:5
- But Herod the tetrarch, when he was reproved by him for Herodias, his brother's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done: Lk. 3:19
- And Jesus rising up out of the synagogue, went into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever: and they besought him for her. Lk. 4:38
- And Joanna the wife of Chusa, Herod's steward, and Susanna and many others who ministered unto him of their substance. Lk. 8:3
- And another said: I have married a wife; and therefore I cannot come. Lk. 14:20
- If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother and wife and children and brethren and sisters, yea and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. Lk. 14:26
- Every one that putteth away his wife and marrieth another committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery. Lk. 16:18
- Remember Lot's wife. Lk. 17:32
- Who said to them: Amen, I say to you, there is no man that hath left house or parents or brethren or wife or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Lk. 18:29
- Saying: Master, Moses wrote unto us: If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he leave no children, that his brother should take her to wife and raise up seed unto his brother. Lk. 20:28
- There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife and died without children. Lk. 20:29
- And the next took her to wife: and he also died childless. Lk. 20:30
- In the resurrection therefore, whose wife of them shall she be? For all the seven had her to wife. Lk. 20:33
- ¤ But a certain man named Ananias, with Saphira his wife, sold a piece of land, Acts 5:1
- And by fraud kept back part of the price of the land, his wife being privy thereunto: and bringing a certain part of it, laid it at the feet of the apostles. Acts 5:2
- And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what had happened, came in. Acts 5:7
- And finding a certain Jew, named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with Priscilla his wife (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome), he came to them. Acts 18:2
- And after some days, Felix, coming with Drusilla his wife, who was a Jew, sent for Paul and heard of him the faith that is in Christ Jesus. Acts 24:24
- ¤ It is absolutely heard that there is fornication among you and such fornication as the like is not among the heathens: that one should have his father's wife. 1 Cor. 5:1
- But for fear of fornication, let every man have his own wife: and let every woman have her own husband. 1 Cor. 7:2
- Let the husband render the debt to his wife: and the wife also in like manner to the husband. 1 Cor. 7:3
- The wife hath not power of her own body: but the husband. And in like manner the husband also hath not power of his own body: but the wife. 1 Cor. 7:4
- But to them that are married, not I, but the Lord, commandeth that the wife depart not from her husband. 1 Cor. 7:10
- And if she depart, that she remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And let not the husband put away his wife. 1 Cor. 7:11
- For to the rest I speak, not the Lord. If any brother hath a wife that believeth not and she consent to dwell with him: let him not put her away. 1 Cor. 7:12
- For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife: and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the believing husband. Otherwise your children should be unclean: but now they are holy. 1 Cor. 7:14
- For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? Or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife? 1 Cor. 7:16
- Art thou bound to a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife. 1 Cor. 7:27
- But if thou take a wife, thou hast not sinned. And if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned: nevertheless, such shall have tribulation of the flesh. But I spare you. 1 Cor. 7:28
- But I would have you to be without solicitude. He that is without a wife is solicitous for the things that belong to the Lord: how he may please God. 1 Cor. 7:32
- But he that is with a wife is solicitous for the things of the world: how he may please his wife. And he is divided. 1 Cor. 7:33
- Because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. He is the saviour of his body. Eph. 5:23
- So also ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. Eph. 5:28
- For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother: and shall cleave to his wife. And they shall be two in one flesh. Eph. 5:31
- Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular love his wife as himself: And let the wife fear her husband. Eph. 5:33
- It behoveth therefore a bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, of good behaviour, chaste, given to hospitality, a teacher, 1 Tim. 3:2
- Let deacons be the husbands of one wife: who rule well their children and their own houses. 1 Tim. 3:12
- Let a widow be chosen of no less than threescore years of age, who hath been the wife of one husband. 1 Tim. 5:9
- If any be without crime, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot or unruly. Tit. 1:6
- Let us be glad and rejoice and give glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb is come: and his wife hath prepared herself. Apoc. 19:7
- And there came one of the seven angels, who had the vials full of the seven last plagues, and spoke with me, saying: Come and I will shew thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb. Apoc. 21:9
- And againe, man loueth his wife more then father or mother. 3 Esd. 4:25
- of the Priestes, that did the function of priesthood: and there were not found the children of Obia, the children of Achisos, the children of Addin, who tooke a wife of the daughters of Pargeleu: 3 Esd. 5:38
- And it came to passe when he was growen, and came to take a wife, I made a feast day. 4 Esd. 9:47