Jeremiah 29:6

God's Word

Get married, and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons, and let your daughters get married so that they can have sons and daughters. Grow in number there; don’t decrease.

Cross References

Genesis 21:21

He lived in the desert of Paran, and his mother got him a wife from Egypt.

Genesis 24:51

Here’s Rebekah! Take her and go! She will become the wife of your master’s son, as the Lord has said.”

Genesis 24:60

They gave Rebekah a blessing: “May you, our sister, become the mother of many thousands of children. May your descendants take possession of their enemies’ cities.”

Genesis 29:19

Laban responded, “It’s better that I give her to you than to any other man. Stay with me.”

Genesis 34:4

So Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Get me this girl for my wife.”

Genesis 9:7

Be fertile, and increase in number. Spread over the earth, and increase.”

Exodus 5:11

Get your own straw wherever you can find it, but your work load will not be reduced one bit.”

1 Timothy 5:14

So I want younger widows to marry, have children, manage their homes, and not give the enemy any chance to ridicule them.

Judges 12:9

He had 30 sons and 30 daughters. His sons and daughters married people from outside their own families. He judged Israel for seven years.

Judges 14:2

He went ⌞home⌟ and told his father and mother, “I’ve seen a Philistine woman at Timnah. Now get her for me so that I can marry her.”