25 Give your daughter in marriage, and you will have accomplished a great matter. Give her to a man of understanding. (WEB)
Sirach 7:25
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1 Corinthians 7:37–39
37 But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well. 38 So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even bett…
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Exodus 21:8–10
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Sirach 42:8–10
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Exodus 22:16–18
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