1 Corinthians 7:39
"The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord."
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- Romans 7:2
"For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband."
Read in chapter → - 2 Corinthians 6:14
"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?"
Read in chapter → - 1 Corinthians 7:10
"And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:"
Read in chapter → - 1 Corinthians 7:15
"But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace."
Read in chapter → - Malachi 2:11
"Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 6:2
"That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose."
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 7:3
"Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son."
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