Nevertheless, {to avoid} fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

Marriage {is} honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

Marriage {is} honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

{Whoso} findeth a wife findeth a good {thing}, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.

Thy wife {shall be} as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

A garden inclosed {is} my sister, {my} spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. {inclosed: Heb. barred} {shut up: Heb. barred}

{Let her be as} the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. {satisfy...: Heb. water thee} {be thou...: Heb. err thou always in her love}

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with {them} according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob {shall be} upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.

Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make {an agreement} with me {by} a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern; {Make...: or, Seek my favour by a present: Heb. Make with me a blessing}

His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with {his} wife, it is not good to marry.