Marriage is a Covenant
Hiscoming
Malachi 2:14
14 ""It is because the LORD is the witness between you and the wife of your
youth... she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.
Violation of the covenant
Proverbs 2:17
17who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made
before God.
I Corinthians 6:16
16 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with
her in body? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."
Unity of the covenant
Matthew 19:6
6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined
together, let no one separate.
Ephesians 5:31
31 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to
his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
Legality of the covenant
Romans 7:2
2 For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he
is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds
her to him.
I Corinthians 7:39
39 A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband
dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the
Lord.
Commitment of the covenant
Genesis 24:51&58
51 Here is Rebekah; take her and go, and let her become the wife of your
master's son, as the LORD has directed."
58 So they called Rebekah and asked her, "Will you go with this man?" "I
will go," she said
Ecclesiastes 9:9
9 Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless
life that God has given you under the sun-all your meaningless days. For
this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 5:4&5
4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. He has no pleasure
in fools; fulfill your vow.
5 It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it.
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