Bible Verses About Wife

Bible Verses AboutWife

Bible verses about Wife

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Understanding the biblical perspective on "Wife" is crucial for building strong, God-honoring marriages and families. Scripture offers profound insights into the sacred role of a wife, highlighting her value, dignity, and partnership within the marital covenant. Exploring these verses allows us to appreciate the divine design for marriage, fostering mutual respect, love, and submission. By studying God's Word, we gain wisdom to navigate the complexities of marriage, nurturing a relationship that reflects Christ's love for the church. Let these verses guide you toward a deeper understanding of the beautiful and significant role of a wife in God's plan.

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And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

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Deuteronomy 20:7KJV
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If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.

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Deuteronomy 25:5KJV
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Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Deuteronomy 27:20KJV
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And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

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Deuteronomy 20:7KJV
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If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.

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Deuteronomy 25:5KJV
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And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.

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Leviticus 20:14KJV
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Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

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1 Samuel 1:8KJV
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And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

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Genesis 30:16KJV
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And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

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Genesis 20:13KJV
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And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.

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Leviticus 20:21KJV
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Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

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Genesis 12:12KJV
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And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

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Genesis 16:3KJV
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Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

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Numbers 30:13KJV
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And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath–sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

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Joshua 15:16KJV
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And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

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Genesis 30:4KJV
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And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.

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Leviticus 20:21KJV
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Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

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Genesis 12:12KJV
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And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

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1 Samuel 1:4KJV
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Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.

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1 Samuel 30:22KJV
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But the angel of the Lord did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the Lord.

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Judges 13:21KJV
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For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.

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Judges 13:20KJV
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And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

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Numbers 26:59KJV
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And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.

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Genesis 29:34KJV
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Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the Lord: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

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Deuteronomy 24:4KJV
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And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.

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Genesis 12:17KJV
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It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

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Proverbs 21:9KJV
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They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.

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Jeremiah 5:8KJV
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And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

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Genesis 21:21KJV
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And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

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Proverbs 27:27KJV
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And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

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1 Kings 21:7KJV
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But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;

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Genesis 39:8KJV
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And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

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Genesis 39:7KJV
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But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;

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Genesis 39:8KJV
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And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

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Genesis 39:7KJV
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And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.

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Genesis 29:32KJV
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And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.

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Genesis 20:11KJV
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And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.

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1 Samuel 25:42KJV
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Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

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2 Samuel 12:9KJV
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If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

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Exodus 22:17KJV
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And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

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Genesis 28:1KJV
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And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.

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Genesis 24:64KJV
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And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

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Judges 20:4KJV
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And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.

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Genesis 24:58KJV
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But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.

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Numbers 30:15KJV
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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

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Numbers 5:12KJV
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And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

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Genesis 3:17KJV
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Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

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Song of Solomon 4:9KJV
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And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

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Numbers 25:8KJV
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And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel’s father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.

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Judges 19:5KJV
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For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.

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Isaiah 54:6KJV
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And he said unto me, The Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house:

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Genesis 24:40KJV
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Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

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Numbers 30:13KJV
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And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.

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Genesis 24:58KJV
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Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

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Numbers 5:15KJV
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Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

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Genesis 8:16KJV
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For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.

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Isaiah 54:6KJV
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Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

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Job 2:9KJV
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Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

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Job 31:10KJV
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And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.

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Genesis 24:64KJV
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And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

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Genesis 30:16KJV
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And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.

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2 Samuel 11:26KJV
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And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.

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2 Chronicles 34:22KJV
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Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.

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Leviticus 18:20KJV
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The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

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Leviticus 18:11KJV
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And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.

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Judges 14:8KJV
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And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.

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Judges 11:2KJV
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And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

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Genesis 20:14KJV
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But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.

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1 Samuel 18:19KJV
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And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

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Numbers 30:7KJV
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Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as the Lord hath spoken.

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Genesis 24:51KJV
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And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.

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Genesis 29:28KJV
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So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the Lord: and the angel did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.

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Judges 13:19KJV
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The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.

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Leviticus 18:8KJV
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And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.

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Genesis 24:61KJV
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And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.

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Judges 11:2KJV
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And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

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Joshua 15:17KJV
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Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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Genesis 2:24KJV
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And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

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Genesis 2:25KJV
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And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.

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Genesis 3:8KJV
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And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.

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2 Chronicles 34:22KJV
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And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

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Genesis 31:30KJV
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Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

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Numbers 5:15KJV
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Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

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Genesis 3:21KJV
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But the angel of the Lord did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the Lord.

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Judges 13:21KJV
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For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.

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Judges 13:20KJV
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And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.

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Exodus 21:11KJV
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And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.

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Genesis 29:34KJV
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And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau’s wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.

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Genesis 36:18KJV
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And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

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Genesis 16:3KJV
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And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

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Judges 4:4KJV
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And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

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Genesis 30:1KJV
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Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

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Song of Solomon 4:9KJV
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And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

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Genesis 28:1KJV
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Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

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Exodus 20:17KJV
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And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

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Judges 13:2KJV
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She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.

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Proverbs 31:21KJV
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So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.

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Genesis 20:17KJV
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And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth–lehem–judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

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Ruth 1:2KJV
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And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

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Genesis 38:12KJV
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And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.

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Genesis 38:9KJV
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And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her.

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Judges 13:9KJV
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And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

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Deuteronomy 21:13KJV
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And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

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Judges 1:13KJV
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And David comforted Bath–sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the Lord loved him.

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2 Samuel 12:24KJV
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And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

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Exodus 22:16KJV
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Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

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Proverbs 18:22KJV
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And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;

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Deuteronomy 24:3KJV
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And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.

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2 Chronicles 34:22KJV
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But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.

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Judges 14:20KJV
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Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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Genesis 2:24KJV
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And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

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Genesis 2:25KJV
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And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.

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Genesis 3:8KJV
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Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.

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Proverbs 5:17KJV
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And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.

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Genesis 12:17KJV
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And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.

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Judges 14:8KJV
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And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

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Genesis 24:67KJV
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And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

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Genesis 29:30KJV
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She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.

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Proverbs 31:18KJV
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And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

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Joshua 15:17KJV
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The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

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Leviticus 18:11KJV
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Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

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Numbers 5:15KJV
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But the angel of the Lord did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the Lord.

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Judges 13:21KJV
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For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.

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Judges 13:20KJV
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And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

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Judges 13:22KJV
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And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

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Esther 6:13KJV
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But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

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1 Samuel 25:37KJV
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Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

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Deuteronomy 5:18KJV
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Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

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Genesis 12:12KJV
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And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.

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Genesis 38:14KJV
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Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

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Genesis 20:7KJV
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Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

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Genesis 20:5KJV
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And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

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Exodus 22:16KJV
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And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

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Genesis 20:14KJV
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Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

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Genesis 12:19KJV
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Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

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Deuteronomy 28:30KJV
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And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

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Genesis 16:3KJV
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Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,

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Exodus 18:2KJV
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But the angel of the Lord did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the Lord.

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Judges 13:21KJV
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For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.

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Judges 13:20KJV
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And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

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Judges 13:22KJV
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And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.

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Deuteronomy 21:14KJV
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Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

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Genesis 12:19KJV
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Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the Lord: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

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Deuteronomy 24:4KJV
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Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:

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1 Kings 4:15KJV
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And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:

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Deuteronomy 22:14KJV
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But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.

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1 Samuel 25:14KJV
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And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

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Joshua 15:17KJV
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A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.

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Leviticus 21:14KJV
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And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his uncle’s nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

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Leviticus 20:20KJV
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Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

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Deuteronomy 5:18KJV
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If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

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Deuteronomy 13:6KJV
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And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.

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Judges 14:8KJV
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Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

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Song of Solomon 4:9KJV
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But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

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Proverbs 6:32KJV
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Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

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Exodus 20:17KJV
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And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

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Numbers 25:8KJV
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And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel’s father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.

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Judges 19:5KJV
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And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.

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2 Samuel 11:5KJV
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And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the Lord: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.

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Genesis 29:35KJV
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And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

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Genesis 28:1KJV
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Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

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1 Samuel 1:8KJV
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And he said unto me, The Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house:

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Genesis 24:40KJV
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And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

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Leviticus 20:10KJV
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A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

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Proverbs 19:13KJV
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And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.

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Genesis 29:34KJV
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And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:

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Ezra 2:61KJV
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Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king’s son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.

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1 Samuel 18:27KJV
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And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

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1 Samuel 30:5KJV
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But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.

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Judges 15:1KJV
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And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?

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Judges 14:16KJV
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When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.

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Genesis 30:9KJV
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The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

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Proverbs 31:11KJV
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And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:

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Deuteronomy 22:14KJV
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But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.

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1 Samuel 25:14KJV
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Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

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Job 31:10KJV
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And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;

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2 Samuel 3:3KJV
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And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.

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Genesis 38:26KJV
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Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

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Proverbs 31:10KJV
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And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.

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Genesis 12:17KJV
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And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

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1 Kings 2:21KJV
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He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

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Proverbs 7:20KJV
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And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

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Joshua 15:17KJV
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The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.

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Proverbs 30:19KJV
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But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.

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Leviticus 22:11KJV
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Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath–rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

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Song of Solomon 7:4KJV
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And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.

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Nehemiah 7:63KJV
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And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

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2 Samuel 11:11KJV
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Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king’s son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.

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1 Samuel 18:27KJV
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A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.

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Leviticus 21:14KJV
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And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.

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Exodus 6:25KJV
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Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

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Job 31:10KJV
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The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.

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Leviticus 18:8KJV
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And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

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Proverbs 5:20KJV
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And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.

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Leviticus 20:14KJV
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And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.

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Genesis 26:7KJV
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Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,

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Exodus 18:2KJV
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And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

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Exodus 22:16KJV
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A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.

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Deuteronomy 22:30KJV
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And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

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Genesis 27:46KJV
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For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.

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Isaiah 54:6KJV
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And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.

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Judges 14:2KJV
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And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

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Leviticus 20:10KJV

Reflection

Contemplating Wife

The Bible's verses on "Wife" paint a portrait of a respected, valued, and crucial partner within the sacred covenant of marriage. From Proverbs extolling the virtuous woman to Ephesians emphasizing mutual submission and love, these scriptures underscore the wife's role as a companion, helper, and builder of the home. They highlight her wisdom, strength, and contribution to family life, challenging cultural norms that might diminish her worth. Furthermore, the spiritual connection between husband and wife reflects the relationship between Christ and the Church, emphasizing the profound depth and significance of marriage. Reflecting on these verses encourages both wives and husbands to embrace their respective roles with grace, humility, and unwavering commitment to honoring God and each other. May these biblical principles guide us towards building marriages that are rooted in love, respect, and a shared devotion to Christ.

May these verses about wife bring wisdom and guidance to your spiritual journey

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