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Hosea 2:19-20
I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice, In favor and in compassion,And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness. Then you will know the Lord.
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Ephesians 5:26-27
so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.
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Isaiah 54:5
For your husband is your Maker, Whose name is the Lord of armies; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, Who is called the God of all the earth.
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Ezekiel 44:22
And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but shall take virgins from the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.
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Leviticus 21:13-15
He shall take a wife in her virginity.A widow, or a divorced woman, or one who is profaned by prostitution, these he shall not take; but rather he is to marry a virgin of his own people,so that he will not profane his children among his people; for I am the Lord who sanctifies him.’ ”
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Colossians 1:28
We proclaim Him, admonishing every person and teaching every person with all wisdom, so that we may present every person complete in Christ.
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John 3:29
He who has the bride is the groom; but the friend of the groom, who stands and listens to him, rejoices greatly because of the groom’s voice. So this joy of mine has been made full.
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1 Corinthians 4 15
For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
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Psalms 45:10-11
Listen, daughter, look and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house;Then the King will crave your beauty. Because He is your Lord, bow down to Him.
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2 Corinthians 4 14
knowing that He who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus, and will present us with you.
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Genesis 24:2-5
Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household who was in charge of all that he owned,“ Please place your hand under my thigh,and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live;but you will go to my country and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”The servant said to him,“ Suppose the woman is not willing to follow me to this land; should I take your son back to the land from where you came?”
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Philippians 1:8
For God is my witness, how I long for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.
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Galatians 4:17-19
They eagerly seek you, not in a commendable way, but they want to shut you out so that you will seek them.But it is good always to be eagerly sought in a commendable way, and not only when I am present with you.My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you—
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Isaiah 62:4-5
It will no longer be said to you,“ Forsaken,” Nor to your land will it any longer be said,“ Desolate”; But you will be called,“ My delight is in her,” And your land,“ Married”; For the Lord delights in you, And to Him your land will be married.For as a young man marries a virgin, So your sons will marry you; And as the groom rejoices over the 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 regard to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.
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Genesis 24:58-67
Then they called Rebekah and said to her,“ Will you go with this man?” And she said,“ I will go.”So they sent away their sister Rebekah and her nurse with Abraham’s servant and his men.And they blessed Rebekah and said to her,“ May you, our sister, Become thousands of ten thousands, And may your descendants possess The gate of those who hate them.”Then Rebekah got up with her female attendants, and they mounted the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed.Now Isaac had come back from a journey to Beer lahai roi; for he was living in the Negev.Isaac went out to meditate in the field toward evening; and he raised his eyes and looked, and behold, camels were coming.Rebekah raised her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel.She said to the servant,“ Who is that man walking in the field to meet us?” And the servant said,“ He is my master.” Then she took her veil and covered herself.The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and he took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her; so Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
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Galatians 4:11
I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored over you in vain.
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1 Thessalonians 2 11
just as you know how we were exhorting and encouraging and imploring each one of you as a father would his own children,
