6 Set me as a seal over your heart,

as a seal upon your arm.

For love is as strong as death,

its jealousy* as unrelenting as Sheol.

Its sparks are fiery flames,

the fiercest blaze of all.

7 Mighty waters cannot quench love;

rivers cannot sweep it away.

If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love,

his offer would be utterly scorned.

9 You have captured my heart,

my sister, my bride;

you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes,

with one jewel of your neck.

2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!

For your love is more delightful than wine.

3 The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing;

your name is like perfume poured out.

No wonder the maidens adore you.

15 How beautiful you are, my darling!

Oh, how very beautiful!

Your eyes are like doves.

16 How handsome you are, my beloved!

Oh, how delightful!

The soft grass is our bed.

18 The LORD God also said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper."

22 And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him. 23 And the man said:

"This is now bone of my bones

and flesh of my flesh;

she shall be called ‘woman,’

for out of man she was taken."

24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.*

22 He who finds a wife finds a good thing

and obtains favor from the LORD.

18 May your fountain be blessed,

and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:

19 A loving doe, a graceful fawn—

may her breasts satisfy you always;

may you be captivated* by her love forever.

20 Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress,

or embrace the bosom of a stranger?*

6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. 6 Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. 7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

28 In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.

33 Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

14 And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.

9 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor. 10 For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up! 11 Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone? 12 And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

15 Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.

5 If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.