Human love is ennobled by being patterned on God's love for his people. It is also safeguarded by God's commands.

Colossians 3:18-19

The love between husband and wife

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Conjugal love is commanded

Genesis 2:24
Deuteronomy 24:5
Proverbs 5:18-20
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Ephesians 5:22,28,33
1 Peter 3:7
Isaiah 54:5
Ephesians 5:25-27

It is patterned on God's love for his people

See also

Isaiah 62:5
Jeremiah 3:14
Ezekiel 16:8
Hosea 2:19
2 Corinthians 11:2
Revelation 19:7
Songs 8:6-7

The power of human love

See also

Genesis 29:20,30
Proverbs 6:34-35
Genesis 24:67

Examples of love in courtship and marriage

Genesis 29:18

Isaac and Rebekah

Judges 16:4

Jacob and Rachel

1 Samuel 1:5

Samson and Delilah

Esther 2:17

Elkanah and Hannah

Songs 1:2; 4:10
Hosea 3:1

Xerxes and Esther

Matthew 1:19

Joseph and Mary

1 Corinthians 7:2

Safeguards on human love

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Sexual immorality is condemned

Leviticus 18:22
Leviticus 19:29

homosexual acts forbidden

Deuteronomy 23:17-18
Matthew 5:32

prostitution forbidden

Acts 15:29
Romans 1:26-27
1 Corinthians 5:1; 6:18; 10:8
Ephesians 5:3
Colossians 3:5
1 Thessalonians 4:3
Exodus 20:14

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Adultery is condemned

Leviticus 20:10
Deuteronomy 5:18
Proverbs 6:24
1 Corinthians 6:9
Hebrews 13:4
Matthew 19:9

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Restrictions on divorce

Malachi 2:16
Matthew 5:32
Mark 10:11-12
Luke 16:18
1 Corinthians 7:10-11
Matthew 5:28

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Lust is condemned

Job 31:1
Proverbs 6:25
1 Corinthians 7:9
Ephesians 4:19
1 Thessalonians 4:5
1 Timothy 3:2

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Polygamy is forbidden

Deuteronomy 17:17
Malachi 2:15
1 Timothy 3:12
Titus 1:6

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5679 dowry
5680 family
5703 inheritance
5708 marriage
5733 pregnancy
5745 women
5899 lament
6237 sexual sin
8252 faithfulness, relationships
8778 materialism