Bible verses about "engagement" | Brenton

^{5 (24:7)} And if any one should have recently taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall any thing be laid upon him; he shall be free in his house; for one year he shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.

⁷ And what man is he that has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

³ And the Lord said to him, I have heard the voice of thy prayer, and thy supplication which thou madest before me: I have done for thee according to all thy prayer: I have hallowed this house which thou hast built to put my name there for ever, and mine eyes and my heart shall be there always.

¹⁴ Fathers divide house and substance to their children: but a wife is suited to a man by the Lord.

⁴ Since thou becamest precious in my sight, thou hast become glorious, and I have loved thee: and I will give men for thee, and princes for thy life.

²² He that has found a good wife has found favours, and has received gladness from God. ^(18:22A) {\I He that puts away a good wife, puts away a good thing, and he that keeps an adulteress is foolish and ungodly.}

⁶ Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thine arm; for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave, her shafts are shafts of fire, even the flames thereof.

³ Shall two walk together at all, if they do not know one another?

¹⁹ And I will betroth thee to myself for ever; yea, I will betroth thee to myself in righteousness, and in judgment, and in mercy, and in tender compassions; ²⁰ and I will betroth thee to myself in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.

⁹ Two are better than one, seeing they have a good reward for their labour.