Bible Concordances
Marriage
Torrey's Topical Textbook
- Divinely instituted
Genesis 2:24
- A covenant relationship
Malachi 2:4
- DESIGNED FOR
- The happiness of man
Genesis 2:18
- Increasing the human population
Genesis 1:28; 9:1
- Raising up godly seed
Malachi 2:15
- Preventing fornication
1 Corinthians 7:2
- The expectation of the promised seed of the woman an Incentive to, in the early age
Genesis 3:15; 4:1
- Lawful in all
1 Corinthians 7:2,28; 1 Timothy 5:14
- Honourable for all
Hebrews 13:4
- Should be only in the Lord
1 Corinthians 7:39
- EXPRESSED BY
- Joining together
Matthew 19:6
- Making affinity
1 Kings 3:1
- Taking to wife
Exodus 2:1
- Giving daughters to sons, and sons to daughters
Deuteronomy 7:3; Ezra 9:12
- Indissoluble during the joint lives of the parties
Matthew 19:6; Romans 7:2,3; 1 Corinthians 7:39
- Early introduction of polygamy
Genesis 4:19
- Contracted in patriarchal age with near relations
Genesis 20:12; 24:24; 28:2
- Often contracted by parents for children
Genesis 24:49-51; 34:6,8
- Should be with consent of parents
Genesis 28:8; Judges 14:2,3
- Consent of the parties necessary to
Genesis 24:57,58; 1 Samuel 18:20; 25:41
- Parents might refuse to give their children in
Exodus 22:17; Deuteronomy 7:3
- THE JEWS
- Forbidden to contract, with their near relations
Leviticus 18:6
- Forbidden to contract with idolaters
Deuteronomy 7:3,4; Joshua 23:12; Ezra 9:11,12
- Often contracted with foreigners
1 Kings 11:1; Nehemiah 13:23
- Sometimes guilty of polygamy
1 Kings 11:1,3
- Careful in contracting for their children
Genesis 24:2,3; 28:1,2
- Betrothed themselves some time before
Deuteronomy 20:7; Judges 14:5,7,8; Matthew 1:18
- Contracted when young
Proverbs 2:17; Joel 1:8
- Often contracted, in their own tribe
Exodus 2:1; Numbers 36:6-13; Luke 1:5,27
- Obliged to contract with a brother's wife who died without Seed
Deuteronomy 25:5; Matthew 22:24
- Considered being debarred from, a reproach
Isaiah 4:1
- Considered being debarred from, a cause of grief
Judges 11:38
- Often punished by being debarred from
Jeremiah 7:34; 16:9; 25:10
- Were allowed divorce from, because of hardness of their Hearts
Deuteronomy 24:1; Matthew 19:7,8
- Exempted from going to war immediately after
Deuteronomy 20:7
- Priest not to contract, with divorced or improper persons
Leviticus 21:7
- The high priest not to contract, with a widow or a divorced Or profane person
Leviticus 21:14
- Contracted at the gate and before witnesses
Ruth 4:1,10,11
- Modes of demanding women in
Genesis 24:3,4; 34:6,8; 1 Samuel 25:39,40
- Elder daughters usually given in, before the younger
Genesis 29:26
- A dowry given to the woman's parents before
Genesis 29:18; 34:12; 1 Samuel 18:27,28; Hosea 3:2
- CELEBRATED
- With great rejoicing
Jeremiah 33:11; John 3:29
- With feasting
Genesis 29:22; Judges 14:10; Matthew 22:2,3; John 2:1-10
- For seven days
Judges 14:12
- A benediction pronounced after
Genesis 24:60; Ruth 4:11,12
- THE BRIDE
- Received presents before
Genesis 24:53
- Given a handmaid at
Genesis 24:59; 29:24,29
- Adorned with jewels for
Isaiah 49:18; 61:10
- Gorgeously apparelled
Psalm 45:13,14
- Attended by bridesmaids
Psalm 45:9
- Stood on the right of bridegroom
Psalm 45:9
- Called to forget her father's house
Psalm 45:10
- THE BRIDEGROOM
- Adorned with ornaments
Isaiah 61:10
- Attended by many friends
Judges 14:11; John 3:29
- Presented with gifts
Psalm 45:12
- Crowned with garlands
Song of Solomon 3:11
- Rejoiced over the bride
Isaiah 62:5
- Returned with the bride to his house at night
Matthew 25:1-6
- Garments provided for guests at
Matthew 22:12
- Infidelity of those contracted in, punished as if married
Deuteronomy 22:23,24; Matthew 1:19
- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- God's union with the Jewish nation
Isaiah 54:5; Jeremiah 3:14; Hosea 2:19,20
- Christ's union with his church
Ephesians 5:23,24,32
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Bibliography Information
Torrey, Reuben Archer. Entry for 'Marriage'. Torrey's Topical Textbook. https://www.studylight.org/​concordances/​eng/​ttt/​m/marriage.html. 1897.