Deuteronomy 24:5

Good News Translation

“When a man is newly married, he is not to be drafted into military service or any other public duty; he is to be excused from duty for one year, so that he can stay at home and make his wife happy.

Cross References

Genesis 2:24

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united with his wife, and they become one.

Proverbs 5:18

So be happy with your wife and find your joy with the woman you married—

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Enjoy life with the one you love, as long as you live the useless life that God has given you in this world. Enjoy every useless day of it, because that is all you will get for all your trouble.

Luke 14:20

Another one said, ‘I have just gotten married, and for that reason I cannot come.’

1 Corinthians 7:29

What I mean, my friends, is this: there is not much time left, and from now on married people should live as though they were not married;

Deuteronomy 20:7

Is there anyone here who is engaged to be married? If so, he is to go home. Otherwise, if he is killed in battle, someone else will marry the woman he is engaged to.’

Deuteronomy 24:6

“When you lend someone something, you are not to take as security his millstones used for grinding his grain. This would take away the family's means of preparing food to stay alive.