Bible Cross References
bethrothed a wife
Deuteronomy 22:23-25
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"Suppose a man is caught in a town having intercourse with a young woman who is engaged to someone else.
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You are to take them outside the town and stone them to death. She is to die because she did not cry out for help, although she was in a town, where she could have been heard. And the man is to die because he had intercourse with someone who was engaged. In this way you will get rid of this evil.
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"Suppose a man out in the countryside rapes a young woman who is engaged to someone else. Then only the man is to be put to death;
Deuteronomy 24:5
"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.
Matthew 1:18
This was how the birth of Jesus Christ took place. His mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they were married, she found out that she was going to have a baby by the Holy Spirit.
lest he die
Deuteronomy 28:30
"You will be engaged to a young woman---but someone else will marry her. You will build a house---but never live in it. You will plant a vineyard---but never eat its grapes.
Luke 14:18-20
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But they all began, one after another, to make excuses. The first one told the servant, 'I have bought a field and must go and look at it; please accept my apologies.'
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Another one said, 'I have bought five pairs of oxen and am on my way to try them out; please accept my apologies.'
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Another one said, 'I have just gotten married, and for that reason I cannot come.'
2 Timothy 2:4
A soldier on active duty wants to please his commanding officer and so does not get mixed up in the affairs of civilian life.