Deuteronomy 24:5

New Living Translation

“A newly married man must not be drafted into the army or be given any other official responsibilities. He must be free to spend one year at home, bringing happiness to the wife he has married.

Cross References

Genesis 2:24

This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.

Proverbs 5:18

Let your wife be a fountain of blessing for you. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Live happily with the woman you love through all the meaningless days of life that God has given you under the sun. The wife God gives you is your reward for all your earthly toil.

Luke 14:20

Another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’

1 Corinthians 7:29

But let me say this, dear brothers and sisters: The time that remains is very short. So from now on, those with wives should not focus only on their marriage.

Deuteronomy 20:7

Has anyone here just become engaged to a woman but not yet married her? Well, you may go home and get married! You might die in the battle, and someone else would marry her.’

Deuteronomy 24:6

“It is wrong to take a set of millstones, or even just the upper millstone, as security for a loan, for the owner uses it to make a living.