Thematic Bible: Celibacy deplored
Thematic Bible
Marriage » Celibacy deplored
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread and wear our own apparel; only let us be called by thy name to take away our reproach.
For thus hath the LORD of the hosts, the God of Israel said: Behold, I will cause to cease in this place before your eyes and in your days, every voice of mirth and every voice of gladness, every voice of the bridegroom, and every voice of the bride.
And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months, and she went with her companions and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.