Deuteronomy 24:5

Easy To Read Version

“When a man is newly married, he must not be sent into the army. And he must not be given any other special work. For one year he must be free to stay home and make his new wife happy.

Cross References

Genesis 2:24

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife. This way, two people become one.

Proverbs 5:18

So, be happy with your own wife. Enjoy the woman you married while you were young.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Enjoy life with the wife you love. Enjoy every day of your short life. God has given you this short life on earth—and it is all you have. So, enjoy the work you have to do in this life.

Luke 14:20

A third man said, ‘I just got married; I can’t come.’

1 Corinthians 7:29

Brothers and sisters, this is what I mean: We don’t have much time left. So starting now, people who have wives should use their time \{to serve the Lord\} like they don’t have wives.

Deuteronomy 20:7

Is there any man here that is engaged to be married? That man should go back home. If he dies in the battle, then another man will marry the woman he is engaged to.’

Deuteronomy 24:6

“When you lend a person something, you must not take as security [147] any part of the stones he uses to grind flour. Why? Because that would be the same as taking away his food.