137 verses

Exod 21:8

(NIV)
If she does not please the master who has selected her for himself, he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her.
(ESV)
If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has broken faith with her.

Exod 21:9

(NIV)
If he selects her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter.
(ESV)
If he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her as with a daughter.

Exod 22:16

(NIV)
‘If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price, and she shall be his wife.
(ESV)
If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife.

Exod 25:22

(NIV)
There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the covenant law, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites.

(ESV)
There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.

Exod 29:42

(NIV)
‘For the generations to come this burnt offering is to be made regularly at the entrance to the tent of meeting, before the Lord. There I will meet you and speak to you;
(ESV)
It shall be a regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord, where I will meet with you, to speak to you there.

Exod 29:43

(NIV)
there also I will meet with the Israelites, and the place will be consecrated by my glory.

(ESV)
There I will meet with the people of Israel, and it shall be sanctified by my glory.

Exod 30:6

(NIV)
Put the altar in front of the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law – before the atonement cover that is over the tablets of the covenant law – where I will meet with you.

(ESV)
And you shall put it in front of the veil that is above the ark of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is above the testimony, where I will meet with you.

Exod 30:36

(NIV)
Grind some of it to powder and place it in front of the ark of the covenant law in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.
(ESV)
You shall beat some of it very small, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting where I shall meet with you. It shall be most holy for you.

Num 10:3

(NIV)
When both are sounded, the whole community is to assemble before you at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
(ESV)
And when both are blown, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

Num 10:4

(NIV)
If only one is sounded, the leaders – the heads of the clans of Israel – are to assemble before you.
(ESV)
But if they blow only one, then the chiefs, the heads of the tribes of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.

Num 14:35

(NIV)
I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this whole wicked community, which has banded together against me. They will meet their end in this wilderness; here they will die.’

(ESV)
I, the Lord, have spoken. Surely this will I do to all this wicked congregation who are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall come to a full end, and there they shall die.”

Num 16:11

(NIV)
It is against the Lord that you and all your followers have banded together. Who is Aaron that you should grumble against him?’

(ESV)
Therefore it is against the Lord that you and all your company have gathered together. What is Aaron that you grumble against him?”

Num 17:4

(NIV)
Place them in the tent of meeting in front of the ark of the covenant law, where I meet with you.
(ESV)
Then you shall deposit them in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.

Num 27:3

(NIV)
‘Our father died in the wilderness. He was not among Korah’s followers, who banded together against the Lord, but he died for his own sin and left no sons.
(ESV)
“Our father died in the wilderness. He was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against the Lord in the company of Korah, but died for his own sin. And he had no sons.

Deut 20:7

(NIV)
Has anyone become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him go home, or he may die in battle and someone else marry her.’
(ESV)
And is there any man who has betrothed a wife and has not taken her? Let him go back to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man take her.’

Deut 22:23

(NIV)
If a man happens to meet in a town a virgin pledged to be married and he sleeps with her,
(ESV)
If there is a betrothed virgin, and a man meets her in the city and lies with her,

Deut 22:25

(NIV)
But if out in the country a man happens to meet a young woman pledged to be married and rapes her, only the man who has done this shall die.
(ESV)
“But if in the open country a man meets a young woman who is betrothed, and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die.

Deut 22:27

(NIV)
for the man found the young woman out in the country, and though the betrothed woman screamed, there was no one to rescue her.

(ESV)
because he met her in the open country, and though the betrothed young woman cried for help there was no one to rescue her.

Deut 22:28

(NIV)
If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered,
(ESV)
If a man meets a virgin who is not betrothed, and seizes her and lies with her, and they are found,

Deut 28:30

(NIV)
You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and rape her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit.
(ESV)
You shall betroth a wife, but another man shall ravish her. You shall build a house, but you shall not dwell in it. You shall plant a vineyard, but you shall not enjoy its fruit.

Josh 11:5

(NIV)
All these kings joined forces and made camp together at the Waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

(ESV)
And all these kings joined their forces and came and encamped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

2Sam 3:14

(NIV)
Then David sent messengers to Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, demanding, ‘Give me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for the price of a hundred Philistine foreskins.’

(ESV)
Then David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “Give me my wife Michal, for whom I paid the bridal price of a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”

2Sam 20:5

(NIV)
But when Amasa went to summon Judah, he took longer than the time the king had set for him.

(ESV)
So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he delayed beyond the set time that had been appointed him.

1Kgs 8:5

(NIV)
and King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel that had gathered about him were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and cattle that they could not be recorded or counted.

(ESV)
And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

2Chr 5:6

(NIV)
and King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel that had gathered about him were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and cattle that they could not be recorded or counted.

(ESV)
And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

Neh 6:2

(NIV)
Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: ‘Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.’

But they were scheming to harm me;
(ESV)
Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come and let us meet together at Hakkephirim in the plain of Ono.” But they intended to do me harm.

Neh 6:10

(NIV)
One day I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home. He said, ‘Let us meet in the house of God, inside the temple, and let us close the temple doors, because men are coming to kill you – by night they are coming to kill you.’

(ESV)
Now when I went into the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his home, he said, “Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple. Let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you. They are coming to kill you by night.”

Job 2:11

(NIV)
When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathise with him and comfort him.
(ESV)
Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to show him sympathy and comfort him.

Job 9:19

(NIV)
If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty!
And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him ?
(ESV)
If it is a contest of strength, behold, he is mighty!
If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?

Ps 48:4

(NIV)
When the kings joined forces,
when they advanced together,
(ESV)
For behold, the kings assembled;
they came on together.

Jer 2:2

(NIV)
‘Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem:

‘This is what the Lord says:

‘“I remember the devotion of your youth,
how as a bride you loved me
and followed me through the wilderness,
through a land not sown.
(ESV)
Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord,

“I remember the devotion of your youth,
your love as a bride,
how you followed me in the wilderness,
in a land not sown.

Jer 24:1

(NIV)
After Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the officials, the skilled workers and the craftsmen of Judah were carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Lord showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the Lord.
(ESV)
After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile from Jerusalem Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, together with the officials of Judah, the craftsmen, and the metal workers, and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me this vision: behold, two baskets of figs placed before the temple of the Lord.

Jer 47:7

(NIV)
But how can it rest
when the Lord has commanded it,
when he has ordered it
to attack Ashkelon and the coast?’
(ESV)
How can it be quiet
when the Lord has given it a charge?
Against Ashkelon and against the seashore
he has appointed it.”

Jer 49:19

(NIV)
‘Like a lion coming up from Jordan’s thickets
to a rich pasture-land,
I will chase Edom from its land in an instant.
Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this?
Who is like me and who can challenge me?
And what shepherd can stand against me?’
(ESV)
Behold, like a lion coming up from the jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?

Jer 50:44

(NIV)
Like a lion coming up from Jordan’s thickets
to a rich pasture-land,
I will chase Babylon from its land in an instant.
Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this?
Who is like me and who can challenge me?
And what shepherd can stand against me?’
(ESV)
Behold, like a lion coming up from the thicket of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make them run away from her, and I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?

Ezek 21:16

(NIV)
Slash to the right, you sword,
then to the left,
wherever your blade is turned.
(ESV)
Cut sharply to the right; set yourself to the left, wherever your face is directed.

Hos 2:19

(NIV)
I will betroth you to me for ever;
I will betroth you in righteousness and justice,
in love and compassion.
(ESV)
And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy.

Hos 2:20

(NIV)
I will betroth you in faithfulness,
and you will acknowledge the Lord.
(ESV)
I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And you shall know the Lord.

Amos 3:3

(NIV)
Do two walk together
unless they have agreed to do so?
(ESV)
“Do two walk together,
unless they have agreed to meet?

Mic 6:9

(NIV)
Listen! The Lord is calling to the city –
and to fear your name is wisdom –
‘Heed the rod and the One who appointed it.
(ESV)
The voice of the Lord cries to the city
and it is sound wisdom to fear your name:
Hear of the rod and of him who appointed it!

Matt 1:18

(NIV)
This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about : his mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.
(ESV)
Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.

Matt 1:20

(NIV)
But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
(ESV)
But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

Matt 1:23

(NIV)
‘The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel’ (which means ‘God with us’).

(ESV)
Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall call his name Immanuel
(which means, God with us).

Matt 1:24

(NIV)
When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.
(ESV)
When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife,

Matt 5:31

(NIV)
‘It has been said, “Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.”
(ESV)
“It was also said, Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’

Matt 5:32

(NIV)
But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

(ESV)
But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Matt 14:3

(NIV)
Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,
(ESV)
For Herod had seized John and bound him and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife

Matt 18:25

(NIV)
Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.

(ESV)
And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.

Matt 19:3

(NIV)
Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, ‘Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?’

(ESV)
And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?”

Matt 19:5

(NIV)
and said, “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh” ?
(ESV)
and said, Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?

Matt 19:8

(NIV)
Jesus replied, ‘Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.
(ESV)
He said to them, Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

Matt 19:9

(NIV)
I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.’

(ESV)
And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”

Matt 19:10

(NIV)
The disciples said to him, ‘If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.’

(ESV)
The disciples said to him, “If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry.”

Matt 22:24

(NIV)
‘Teacher,’ they said, ‘Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.
(ESV)
saying, “Teacher, Moses said, If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.’

Matt 22:25

(NIV)
Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother.
(ESV)
Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother.

Matt 22:28

(NIV)
Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?’

(ESV)
In the resurrection, therefore, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had her.”

Matt 25:1

(NIV)
‘At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
(ESV)
Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.

Matt 25:7

(NIV)
‘Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.
(ESV)
Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps.

Matt 25:11

(NIV)
‘Later the others also came. “Lord, Lord,” they said, “open the door for us!”

(ESV)
Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, Lord, lord, open to us.’

Matt 27:19

(NIV)
While Pilate was sitting on the judge’s seat, his wife sent him this message: ‘Don’t have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him.’

(ESV)
Besides, while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered much because of him today in a dream.”
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