Deuteronomy 24:5

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

When a man hath lately taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall any public business be enjoined him: but he shall be free at home without fault, that for one year he may rejoice with his wife.

Cross References

Proverbs 5:18

Let thy vein be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of thy youth:

Deuteronomy 20:7

What man is there, that hath espoused a wife, and not taken her? Let him go, and return to his house, lest he die in the war, and another man take her.

Genesis 2:24

Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest, all the days of thy unsteady life, which are given to thee under the sun, all the time of thy vanity: for this is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherewith thou labourest under the sun.

1 Corinthians 7:29

This therefore I say, brethren; the time is short; it remaineth, that they also who have wives, be as if they had none;

Luke 14:20

And another said: I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

Deuteronomy 24:6

Thou shalt not take the nether, nor the upper millstone to pledge: for he hath pledged his life to thee.