Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation "When a man is newly married, he is not to be drafted into military service or any other public duty; he is to be excused from duty for one year, so that he can stay at home and make his wife happy. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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. a man Deuteronomy 20:7 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. Genesis 2:24 Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh. Matthew 19:4-6 Who answering, said to them: Have ye not read, that he who made man from the beginning, made them male and female? And he said: . . . Mark 10:6-9 But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. . . . 1 Corinthians 7:10-15 But to them that are married, not I, but the Lord, commandeth that the wife depart not from her husband. . . . Ephesians 5:28,29 So also ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. . . . Titus 2:4,5 That they may teach the young women to be wise, to love their husbands, to love their children. . . . neither, etc. Proverbs 5:18 Let her be thy dearest hind, and most agreeable fawn: let her breasts inebriate thee at all times: be thou delighted continually with her love. Ecclesiastes 9:9 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. 1 Corinthians 7:29 This therefore I say, brethren: The time is short. It remaineth, that they also who have wives be as if they had none: Context Law of Divorce…4The 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. 5When 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. Cross References Luke 14:20 And another said: I have married a wife; and therefore I cannot come. Deuteronomy 20:7 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. Deuteronomy 24:6 Thou shalt not take the nether, nor the upper millstone to pledge: for he hath pledged his life to thee. Proverbs 5:18 Let her be thy dearest hind, and most agreeable fawn: let her breasts inebriate thee at all times: be thou delighted continually with her love. Jump to Previous Army Assigned Business Charged Cheer Comfort Duty Happiness Happy Home Host House Imposed Kind Laid Married New Newly Recently Undertake War WifeJump to Next Army Assigned Business Charged Cheer Comfort Duty Happiness Happy Home Host House Imposed Kind Laid Married New Newly Recently Undertake War WifeLinks Deuteronomy 24:5 NIVDeuteronomy 24:5 NLT Deuteronomy 24:5 ESV Deuteronomy 24:5 NASB Deuteronomy 24:5 Bible Apps Deuteronomy 24:5 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 24:5 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 24:5 French Bible Deuteronomy 24:5 German Bible Alphabetical: a and any army at be bring charged duty For free give go happiness has have he him his home If is laid man married must new nor not on one or other out recently sent shall stay taken takes the to war When whom wife with year OT Law: Deuteronomy 24:5 When a man takes a new wife (Deut. De Du) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |