Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband.
A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.
A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house:
I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:
Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; him shalt thou serve; and to him shalt thou cleave, and by his name shalt thou swear.
But ye that did cleave unto Jehovah your God are alive every one of you this day.
who, when he was come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad; and he exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord:
but cleave unto Jehovah your God, as ye have done unto this day.
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they became both of them his wives.