Studies for Marriage

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’

and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,

A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.

You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’

Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.

How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O daughter of the prince! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the handiwork of a master.

And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.

Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?

How beautiful you are, my darling— how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.