Amor de Casal

9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his companion: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him to rise.

11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?

12 And if one prevaileth against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. meet…: Heb. as before him

9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thy eyes, with one chain of thy neck. ravished: or, taken away

33 Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. thy…: Heb. thy loves

3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

6 Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals of it are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. cruel: Heb. hard

7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be despised.

6 Therefore they are no more two, but one flesh. Therefore what God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

5 When a man hath newly taken a 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 his wife whom he hath taken. neither…: Heb. not any thing shall pass upon him

15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes. my love: or, my companion

16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.

22 Whoever findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour from the LORD.

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

19 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 theebe thou…: Heb. err thou always in her love

20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, vaunteth…: or, is not rash

5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; in the truth: or, with the truth

7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, he made a woman, and brought her to the man. made: Heb. builded

23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Woman: Heb. IshaMan: Heb. Ish

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

15 And did he not make one? Yet had he the remnant of the spirit. And why one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. residue: or, excellencygodly…: Heb. seed of Godtreacherously: or, unfaithfully