Bible Cross References
bethrothed a wife
Deuteronomy 22:23-25
23
And if there be a young woman espoused to a man, and a man should have found her in the city and have lain with her;
24
you shall bring them both out to the gate of their city, and they shall be stoned with stones, and they shall die; the young woman, because she cried not in the city; and the man, because he humbled his neighbor's spouse: so shall you remove the evil one from yourselves.
25
But if a man find in the field a young woman that is betrothed, and he should force her and lie with her, you shall slay the man that lay with her only.
Deuteronomy 24:5
And if anyone should have recently taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall anything be laid upon him; he shall be free in his house; for one year he shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.
Matthew 1:18
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: After His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
lest he die
Deuteronomy 28:30
You shall take a wife, and another man shall have her; you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell in it; you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not gather the grapes of it.
Luke 14:18-20
18
But they all with one [accord] began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, 'I bought a field, and I must go and see it. I ask you, have me excused.'
19
And another said, 'I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you, have me excused.'
20
Still another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'
2 Timothy 2:4
No one serving as a soldier entangles [himself] in the affairs of [civilian] life, in order that he may please the [one] having enlisted him.