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Re: 15 Ways To Choose A Wife According To The Bible by Phaysal: 8:47am On Oct 22, 2017
I heard someone wrote that the fact that it existed in the Bible doesn't mean it was encouraged.. brother if it wasn't encouraged, why was it there at the first place? The Bible was meant to be a guide for the Christians. Does that mean Christians should select potions of the Bible they should believe in and discard the rest ? Can you now boldly say now that THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD ?

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Re: 15 Ways To Choose A Wife According To The Bible by Nobody: 9:11am On Oct 22, 2017
Typical Christian, very abusive, aggressive and lack love too....dy just attack.
Re: 15 Ways To Choose A Wife According To The Bible by somehow: 9:20am On Oct 22, 2017
Does it mean that not all parts of the bible is godly and to be practiced?
Re: 15 Ways To Choose A Wife According To The Bible by mechanics(m): 10:46am On Oct 22, 2017
crunchyg:

1) Find an attractive prisoner of war, bring her home, shave her head, trim her nails, and give her new clothes. Then she’s yours. (Deut. 21:11-13)

2) “Lay hold on” a virgin who is not betrothed to another man, and "know" her, but afterwards pay her father a sum of money. Then she’s yours. (Deut. 22:28-29)

3) Find a prostitute and marry her. (Hosea 1:1-3)

4) Find a man with seven daughters, and impress him by watering his flock.--Moses (Ex. 2:16-21)

5) Purchase a piece of property, and get a woman as part of the deal.--Boaz (Ruth 4:5-10)

6) Go to a party and hide. When the women come out to dance, grab one and carry her off to be your wife.--Benjaminites (Judges 21:19-25)

7) Have God create a wife for you while you sleep. Note: this will cost you a rib.--Adam (Gen. 2:19-24)

Agree to work seven years in exchange for a woman’s hand in marriage. Get tricked into marrying the wrong woman. Then work another seven years for the woman you wanted to marry in the first place. That’s right. Fourteen years of toil for a wife.--Jacob (Gen. 29:15-30)

9) Cut 200 foreskins off of your future father-in-law’s enemies and get his daughter for a wife.--David (1 Sam. 18:27)

10) Even if no one is out there, just wander around a bit and you’ll definitely find someone.--Cain (Gen. 4:16-17)

11) Become the emperor of a huge nation and hold a beauty contest.--Xerxes or Ahasuerus (Esther 2:3-4)

12) When you see someone you like, go home and tell your parents, “I have seen a woman; now get her for me.” If your parents question your decision, simply say, “Get her for me. She’s the one for me.”--Samson (Judges 14:1-3)

13) Kill any husband and take HIS wife. (Prepare to lose four sons though.)--David (2 Sam. 11)

14) Wait for your brother to die. Take his widow. (It’s not just a good idea, it’s the law!)--Onan and Boaz (Deut. or Lev., example in Ruth)

15) A wife?--Paul (1st Corinthians, chapter 7)
Obviously, this list was written with humor in mind, and some of these "ways," are not prescriptive but descriptive of the sinful ways that God's people have conducted themselves in the past--they are in no way exemplary. But this does demonstrate an important point--people often want the Bible to say certain things, such as how to find a spouse and marry, but they ignore portions of Scripture that don't fit their paradigm. The Bible has more to say about arranged marriages, for example, than it does "courtship" or dating. So then, how do we proceed?

We have to realize that the Bible does not speak to every issue we will face in life. Just ask Solomon, who had to use wisdom when the two prostitutes came to him claiming to both be the mother of one child. We must follow those things that God has given us. In all of our relationships we have the obligation to exercise the fruit of the Spirit and not mistreat anyone, that is especially true for a prospective spouse. We also have the clear biblical command that a Christian is free to marry whomever he or she chooses, so long as the prospective mate is "in the Lord" (1 Cor. 7.39). But in the end, choosing a spouse calls for wisdom
Wisdom.
Re: 15 Ways To Choose A Wife According To The Bible by Dremog: 11:04am On Oct 22, 2017
Kingsley1000:
religion is a scam
pls reply ur dm
Re: 15 Ways To Choose A Wife According To The Bible by Uhomanbulus110(f): 12:58pm On Oct 22, 2017
Wow nice one
Re: 15 Ways To Choose A Wife According To The Bible by Keneeby(m): 1:15pm On Oct 22, 2017
Kingsley1000:
religion is a scam
As you are a scammer
Re: 15 Ways To Choose A Wife According To The Bible by Ken4ward: 1:59pm On Oct 22, 2017
You are quoting the Bible out of context. This you've written is to mock it which is very bad. You're bent to mislead people. To understand what a verse means read and quote the whole chapter.
Re: 15 Ways To Choose A Wife According To The Bible by Nobody: 2:33pm On Oct 22, 2017
Op dis is d old testament Christ has died so everytin is new now d old tins don commot
Re: 15 Ways To Choose A Wife According To The Bible by oyinda1599(f): 3:07pm On Oct 22, 2017
crunchyg:

1) Find an attractive prisoner of war, bring her home, shave her head, trim her nails, and give her new clothes. Then she’s yours. (Deut. 21:11-13)

2) “Lay hold on” a virgin who is not betrothed to another man, and "know" her, but afterwards pay her father a sum of money. Then she’s yours. (Deut. 22:28-29)

3) Find a prostitute and marry her. (Hosea 1:1-3)

4) Find a man with seven daughters, and impress him by watering his flock.--Moses (Ex. 2:16-21)

5) Purchase a piece of property, and get a woman as part of the deal.--Boaz (Ruth 4:5-10)

6) Go to a party and hide. When the women come out to dance, grab one and carry her off to be your wife.--Benjaminites (Judges 21:19-25)

7) Have God create a wife for you while you sleep. Note: this will cost you a rib.--Adam (Gen. 2:19-24)

Agree to work seven years in exchange for a woman’s hand in marriage. Get tricked into marrying the wrong woman. Then work another seven years for the woman you wanted to marry in the first place. That’s right. Fourteen years of toil for a wife.--Jacob (Gen. 29:15-30)

9) Cut 200 foreskins off of your future father-in-law’s enemies and get his daughter for a wife.--David (1 Sam. 18:27)

10) Even if no one is out there, just wander around a bit and you’ll definitely find someone.--Cain (Gen. 4:16-17)

11) Become the emperor of a huge nation and hold a beauty contest.--Xerxes or Ahasuerus (Esther 2:3-4)

12) When you see someone you like, go home and tell your parents, “I have seen a woman; now get her for me.” If your parents question your decision, simply say, “Get her for me. She’s the one for me.”--Samson (Judges 14:1-3)

13) Kill any husband and take HIS wife. (Prepare to lose four sons though.)--David (2 Sam. 11)

14) Wait for your brother to die. Take his widow. (It’s not just a good idea, it’s the law!)--Onan and Boaz (Deut. or Lev., example in Ruth)

15) A wife?--Paul (1st Corinthians, chapter 7)
Obviously, this list was written with humor in mind, and some of these "ways," are not prescriptive but descriptive of the sinful ways that God's people have conducted themselves in the past--they are in no way exemplary. But this does demonstrate an important point--people often want the Bible to say certain things, such as how to find a spouse and marry, but they ignore portions of Scripture that don't fit their paradigm. The Bible has more to say about arranged marriages, for example, than it does "courtship" or dating. So then, how do we proceed?

We have to realize that the Bible does not speak to every issue we will face in life. Just ask Solomon, who had to use wisdom when the two prostitutes came to him claiming to both be the mother of one child. We must follow those things that God has given us. In all of our relationships we have the obligation to exercise the fruit of the Spirit and not mistreat anyone, that is especially true for a prospective spouse. We also have the clear biblical command that a Christian is free to marry whomever he or she chooses, so long as the prospective mate is "in the Lord" (1 Cor. 7.39). But in the end, choosing a spouse calls for wisdom
Re: 15 Ways To Choose A Wife According To The Bible by oyinda1599(f): 3:10pm On Oct 22, 2017
Phaysal:
I heard someone wrote that the fact that it existed in the Bible doesn't mean it was encouraged.. brother if it wasn't encouraged, why was it there at the first place? The Bible was meant to be a guide for the Christians. Does that mean Christians should select potions of the Bible they should believe in and discard the rest ? Can you now boldly say now that THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD ?
Let this come from the Quran the hypocrite xtians will start ranting...am surprise u got all these in the Bible.
Re: 15 Ways To Choose A Wife According To The Bible by Lawsimon(m): 3:10pm On Oct 22, 2017
This Is misleading. 15 ways people in the Bible Would have been ok
Re: 15 Ways To Choose A Wife According To The Bible by crunchyg: 3:13pm On Oct 22, 2017
[quote author=oyinda1599 post=61666098][/quote]hello pretty
Re: 15 Ways To Choose A Wife According To The Bible by Dasherz(f): 3:40pm On Oct 22, 2017
NwaAmaikpe:
shocked


OP is mocking Christianity and the Bible...
I for one will not be party to that fvckery.
With that said,
One thing I am very sure of is that,
The bible discouraged inter-tribal marriages.

GENESIS 24: 1-6

. 2 One day Abraham said to his oldest servant, the man in charge of his household, “Take an oath by putting your hand under my thigh. 3 Swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women. 4 Go instead to my homeland, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son Isaac.”

GENESIS 28

28 Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and commanded him, You must not marry a Canaanite woman. 2 Go to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, in Northwest Mesopotamia. Laban, your mother’s brother, lives there. Marry one of his daughters.


MORAL
It is biblical;
Marry only from your tribe.
PLEASE!!!

I thought the verses posted by the op should also be in your bible too ... abi bibles these days are of different books?
Re: 15 Ways To Choose A Wife According To The Bible by Augustap(f): 10:58pm On Oct 22, 2017
Op you're a fuvked up fowl
Re: 15 Ways To Choose A Wife According To The Bible by crunchyg: 8:21pm On Oct 29, 2017
Augustap:
Op you're a fuvked up fowl
Hey were you referring to me?
Re: 15 Ways To Choose A Wife According To The Bible by Augustap(f): 8:27pm On Oct 29, 2017
crunchyg:

Hey were you referring to me?
Yea i was. I'm in my house, come and beat me grin
Re: 15 Ways To Choose A Wife According To The Bible by crunchyg: 8:57pm On Oct 29, 2017
Augustap:

Yea i was. I'm in my house, come and beat me grin
Hahahaha, you must really be funny person, can I get to know you?
Re: 15 Ways To Choose A Wife According To The Bible by Augustap(f): 9:01pm On Oct 29, 2017
crunchyg:

Hahahaha, you must really be funny person, can I get to know you?
Lol..aiit
Re: 15 Ways To Choose A Wife According To The Bible by crunchyg: 9:05pm On Oct 29, 2017
Augustap:

Lol..aiit
Are u on WhatsApp if yes let me have u r digits
Re: 15 Ways To Choose A Wife According To The Bible by crunchyg: 9:59pm On Oct 29, 2017
Augustap:

Lol..aiit
hey sup, haven't heard from you cool shocked
Re: 15 Ways To Choose A Wife According To The Bible by Augustap(f): 10:11pm On Oct 29, 2017
crunchyg:

Are u on WhatsApp if yes let me have u r digits
Sorry but i don't give out my contact
Re: 15 Ways To Choose A Wife According To The Bible by crunchyg: 10:13pm On Oct 29, 2017
Augustap:

Sorry but i don't give out my contact
Ok enjoy your night
Re: 15 Ways To Choose A Wife According To The Bible by Augustap(f): 10:18pm On Oct 29, 2017
crunchyg:

Ok enjoy your night
Thanks. You too
Re: 15 Ways To Choose A Wife According To The Bible by crunchyg: 10:21pm On Oct 29, 2017
Augustap:

Thanks. You too
Bye

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