Bible Verses About Levirate Marriage

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

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

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.

And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;

Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.

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

Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.

Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.

And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

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

But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.

For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

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.

But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

And the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.