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Hosea 2:19-20
And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.
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Ephesians 5:26-27
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
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Isaiah 54:5
For thy Maker[ is] thine husband; the LORD of hosts[ is] his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
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Ezekiel 44:22
Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
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Leviticus 21:13-15
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane,[ or] an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
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Colossians 1:28
Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
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John 3:29
He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
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1 Corinthians 4 15
For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet[ have ye] not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
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Psalms 45:10-11
Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he[ is] thy Lord; and worship thou him.
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2 Corinthians 4 14
Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present[ us] with you.
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Genesis 24:2-5
And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
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Philippians 1:8
For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
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Galatians 4:17-19
They zealously affect you,[ but] not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.But[ it is] good to be zealously affected always in[ a] good[ thing], and not only when I am present with you.My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
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Isaiah 62:4-5
Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.For[ as] a young man marrieth a virgin,[ so] shall thy sons marry thee: and[ as] the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride,[ so] shall thy God rejoice over thee.
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Romans 7:4
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another,[ even] to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
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Genesis 24:58-67
And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou[ art] our sister, be thou[ the mother] of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels[ were] coming.And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.For she[ had] said unto the servant, What man[ is] this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant[ had] said, It[ is] my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s[ death].
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Galatians 4:11
I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
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1 Thessalonians 2 11
As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father[ doth] his children,