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Hosea 2:19-20
I will take you to be my wife forever. I will take you to be my wife in righteousness, justice, love, and compassion.I will take you to be my wife in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.
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Ephesians 5:26-27
to make her holy, cleansing her with the washing of water by the word.He did this to present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and blameless.
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Isaiah 54:5
Indeed, your husband is your Maker— his name is the LORD of Armies— and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of the whole earth.
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Ezekiel 44:22
He is not to marry a widow or a divorced woman, but may marry only a virgin from the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.
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Leviticus 21:13-15
“ He is to marry a woman who is a virgin.He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,so that he does not corrupt his bloodline among his people, for I am the LORD who sets him apart.”
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Colossians 1:28
We proclaim him, warning and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.
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John 3:29
He who has the bride is the groom. But the groom’s friend, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly at the groom’s voice. So this joy of mine is complete.
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1 Corinthians 4 15
For you may have countless instructors in Christ, but you don’t have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
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Psalms 45:10-11
Listen, daughter, pay attention and consider: Forget your people and your father’s house,and the king will desire your beauty. Bow down to him, for he is your lord.
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2 Corinthians 4 14
For we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you.
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Genesis 24:2-5
Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his household who managed all he owned,“ Place your hand under my thigh,and I will have you swear by the LORD, God of heaven and God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I live,but will go to my land and my family to take a wife for my son Isaac.”The servant said to him,“ Suppose the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Should I have your son go back to the land you came from?”
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Philippians 1:8
For God is my witness, how deeply I miss all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
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Galatians 4:17-19
They court you eagerly, but not for good. They want to exclude you from me, so that you would pursue them.But it is always good to be pursued in a good manner— and not just when I am with you.My children, I am again suffering labor pains for you until Christ is formed in you.
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Isaiah 62:4-5
You will no longer be called Deserted, and your land will not be called Desolate; instead, you will be called My Delight Is in Her, and your land Married; for the LORD delights in you, and your land will be married.For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a groom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
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Romans 7:4
Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you also were put to death in relation to the law through the body of Christ so that you may belong to another. You belong to him who was raised from the dead in order that we may bear fruit for God.
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Genesis 24:58-67
They called Rebekah and said to her,“ Will you go with this man?” She replied,“ I will go.”So they sent away their sister Rebekah with the one who had nursed and raised her, and Abraham’s servant and his men.They blessed Rebekah, saying to her: Our sister, may you become thousands upon ten thousands. May your offspring possess the city gates of their enemies.Then Rebekah and her female servants got up, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.Now Isaac was returning from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev region.In the early evening Isaac went out to walk in the field, and looking up he saw camels coming.Rebekah looked up, and when she saw Isaac, she got down from her cameland asked the servant,“ Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” The servant answered,“ It is my master.” So she took her veil and covered herself.Then the servant told Isaac everything he had done.And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah to be his wife. Isaac loved her, and he was comforted after his mother’s death.
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Galatians 4:11
I am fearful for you, that perhaps my labor for you has been wasted.
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1 Thessalonians 2 11
As you know, like a father with his own children,
