Proverbs 2:17

New English Translation

who leaves the husband from her younger days, and forgets her marriage covenant made before God.

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 –

Jeremiah 3:4

Even now you say to me, ‘You are my father! You have been my faithful companion ever since I was young.

Ezekiel 16:8

“‘Then I passed by you and watched you, noticing that you had reached the age for love. I spread my cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I swore a solemn oath to you and entered into a marriage covenant with you, declares the sovereign Lord, and you became mine.