Deuteronomy 24:5

New English Translation

When a man is newly married, he need not go into the army nor be obligated in any way; he must be free to stay at home for a full year and bring joy to the wife he has married.

Cross References

Genesis 2:24

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.

Proverbs 5:18

May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in your young wife –

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Enjoy life with your beloved wife during all the days of your fleeting life that God has given you on earth during all your fleeting days; for that is your reward in life and in your burdensome work on earth.

Luke 14:20

Another said, ‘I just got married, and I cannot come.’

1 Corinthians 7:29

And I say this, brothers and sisters: The time is short. So then those who have wives should be as those who have none,

Deuteronomy 20:7

Or who among you has become engaged to a woman but has not married her? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else marry her.”

Deuteronomy 24:6

One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security.