4 Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the ^xsexually immoral and ^yadulterous.

3 who ^dforbid ^emarriage and ^frequire abstinence from foods ^gthat God created ^hto be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

39 ^lA wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, ^monly in the Lord.

25 And I confronted them and cursed them and beat some of them and ^opulled out their hair. And I ^pmade them take an oath in the name of God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves. 26 ^qDid not Solomon king of Israel sin on account of such women? Among the many nations ^rthere was no king like him, and he was ^sbeloved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless, foreign women made even him to sin. 27 Shall we then listen to you and do all this great evil and act treacherously against our God by marrying foreign women?”