Deuteronomy 24:5

New Century Version

A man who has just married must not be sent to war or be given any other duty. He should be free to stay home for a year to make his new wife happy.

Cross References

Genesis 2:24

So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one body.

Proverbs 5:18

Be happy with the wife you married when you were young. She gives you joy, as your fountain gives you water.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Enjoy life with the wife you love. Enjoy all the useless days of this useless life God has given you here on earth, because it is all you have. So enjoy the work you do here on earth.

Luke 14:20

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

1 Corinthians 7:29

Brothers and sisters, this is what I mean: We do not have much time left. So starting now, those who have wives should live as if they had no wives.

Deuteronomy 20:7

Is any man engaged to a woman and not yet married to her? He may go home, because he might die in battle and someone else would marry her.”

Deuteronomy 24:6

If someone owes you something, do not take his two stones for grinding grain—not even the upper one—in place of what he owes, because this is how the person makes a living.