MARRIAGE
(See also Children; Child Training; Divorce; Families; Husbands; Weddings; Wives)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
Abel: w75 75
Abraham: w75 75-76
Adam and Eve: w80 4/15 18-19; w76 159-160; po 45-47; g74 1/22 27; pm 9-10; ad 33, 1114; w70 645; li 219-220; w65 553; im 156; ns 33-35, 45; w60 649, 651-654; w56 532-539; w54 247; nh 66-67; el 144; g45 12/5 16
adjusting to: g85 1/8 5-6; g82 8/8 4-8; w78 3/15 4; fl 26-39
allowances for differences and imperfection: w83 6/1 16-17
adultery:
avoiding: w83 6/1 12-13, 20; w75 209-210; w73 538-540; tp73 146-147
confessing: g74 11/8 27; w73 351-352; w68 319-320
forgiving: w83 12/15 27-29; w74 511-512; yl 186; g64 10/22 27-28; w60 726-728; w58 95; w56 594-597
statistics: g82 2/8 29
advice found in women’s magazines: w81 6/1 26
Africa: w73 151-155
Luapula’s matriarchal society: g80 3/8 15
age before considering marriage: w85 11/1 18-19; w85 12/15 30
age statistics: g72 4/8 29; g72 12/8 3; g71 11/22 31; g68 6/22 30; g66 1/22 31; g66 6/22 30
anniversary: w71 735-736; w61 416
Armageddon does not dissolve: w56 603; sr55 350; el 291-292; w47 45-46; w38 325
arranged: w85 5/15 30; g72 8/8 20-23
artificial insemination: w84 8/15 26; w81 6/1 31; g74 8/8 27-28; g70 11/8 28; w60 659; g58 3/22 25-26; w56 590
attitude toward: w85 11/1 16-17, 20
avoiding materialism: fl 45-46
barrenness: ad 192; g70 5/8 16-19; g64 6/8 17; g61 5/22 10; w60 278, 659; w56 591
basis for happiness: w85 11/1 16-26; w82 7/15 5-8; g81 1/22 8, 10-11; fl 11-25; g78 10/22 15-23; w77 549-554; g77 12/8 12; g75 9/22 27-28; g74 4/22 7, 10, 16; w72 36, 131-132, 259-260, 270-271, 287; g72 2/22 6-8; g72 5/8 3-4; g72 9/22 27-28; w71 223; g71 2/8 14; w70 31, 549-551; g70 8/8 22; g70 9/8 3-7; g70 12/8 9-12; w69 175, 203, 739; is 141-144; g69 8/8 3-8; w68 102; w67 71; g67 9/22 15; w65 554-555; w63 570, 708; g63 3/22 5-7; w62 292, 458, 465; g62 4/8 17; g61 5/8 8-9; g61 12/22 3-4; w60 278-279, 720; g60 4/22 17-19; g60 8/22 27-28; g60 11/22 3-4; g58 1/8 11-12; g58 9/22 20; g58 11/8 3-4; g57 1/8 18-20; w56 587-588; w55 215; g55 10/22 9-12; g55 11/8 25-26; g54 9/22 21-24; w53 40; w52 358-359; w51 277
kindness to each other: w83 6/1 15-16; w81 7/1 14-15; w78 2/15 3-4; w77 554-555
survey of 300 happy couples: g85 9/22 29
before Armageddon: g74 11/8 9-11; w63 639-640; w56 586; w54 566; w51 238; w47 43-44; w38 323, 346
benefits:
tempers habits: g85 4/22 29-30
Bible view: w83 3/15 27-31; w83 6/1 12-17; uw 139-145; fl 11-80; w77 172-176; w75 151-153; w72 454; g72 12/8 5-6
bigamy: w77 185
Brazil:
divorce: g78 9/22 24-26
bride-price: g81 7/8 30; g80 7/22 26; w79 3/15 9; w73 151; ad 519, 1114; g71 4/8 24-26; g71 10/22 7-8; yb64 227-228; yb63 257; g63 1/8 10; g62 6/22 13; g61 6/22 30; g61 9/22 18; w60 662; g60 1/8 13-16; g60 11/8 30; w56 563-565, 570-572; w54 132; g52 8/22 13-15; g50 6/22 10
Papua New Guinea: g84 10/8 30
Solomon Islands: g84 10/8 30
brother-in-law marriage: w78 2/15 22-26; w78 3/15 26; ad 263-264, 1026, 1424-1425; w64 693; w62 352, 372; w61 221, 576, 735; w56 182; w53 462; w49 118; w47 38; ep 137; w44 357, 367; g35 8/14 711; w34 183; jh 296-297; g34 2/28 350; w32 310, 346; pr32 225, 305-306
bureaus: g70 9/8 6
Cain: w81 10/1 4; w77 707-709; w75 75; g74 6/22 27-28
Catholic Church: g72 5/8 9-12; g70 4/22 15-17; g66 9/8 17-20, 30
annulments among Catholics: g81 2/8 29; g80 5/22 30
Catholic priests:
rehabilitation of married priests: g79 1/22 30
celibate marriage: w75 295-296; w56 586-587
ceremony: w84 4/15 10-14; w77 174, 177-181, 183-184; w74 274-276; g74 5/22 3-6; w73 154; w73 694-696; w69 60-61, 174-175; g65 9/22 7-8; w60 736; w56 567-571; w52 320, 355-363; ho 44
administering the vows: km 5/76 8
in church: w74 766-767; w67 764; w65 60-63
in Kingdom Hall: w84 4/15 14; w82 3/15 31; w82 7/15 24-25; km 11/73 8
Japan: g83 3/22 30
“second wedding” ceremony: km 1/77 4
vows: w84 4/15 14; w74 275; w71 309-310; w69 174-175; w54 124; w52 363, 478; g50 8/8 18; w38 325
who may perform: w84 4/15 12-13; km 12/81 4; km 5/76 8
charts:
Bible advice to husbands and wives: g83 10/8 21
“Did You Feel Not Prepared for What Marriage Brought?”: g83 9/22 15
“Forecast of Marital Satisfaction”: g83 9/22 19
“Results of All First Marriages in the United States 1950-70”: g83 9/22 14
“Would You Have Postponed Your Marriage?”: g83 9/22 15
child marriages: g85 8/22 30; g67 6/22 25; g62 7/22 29-30; w61 184-185, 571; g47 11/8 7-8; g36 8/12 729; g32 1/6 211-212; g31 9/30 841
children: fl 81-113; w72 108-109; w60 721-722; g60 4/22 19; w56 433, 585-586; g55 10/22 11-12; w53 222-223; w51 298; w38 324-325
communication with: fl 146-160
discipline: fl 131-145
early training: fl 114-116, 118-130
effect of unhappy marriages on: g78 10/22 5
not a requirement of marriage: w69 766; w63 640; w56 586; w53 222-223
responsibility: w81 10/15 18-19
Christian weddings: w84 4/15 10-22
church licenseless marriage ceremonies: w81 9/1 28
civil: w77 178-179; g64 9/22 18; w60 690; w56 569-570; w52 357-358
comment on, in book A Lawyer Examines the Bible: w81 7/1 12
common-law: w77 182-185; yb74 39; g67 7/22 30; g67 9/8 20; li 226-227; g65 4/8 31; w62 287-288; g61 4/22 27; g61 8/8 19; w60 688-689; w56 572-574; w55 493; g55 10/8 25; w53 95; w51 237-238; el 153
Africa: g80 7/22 26
communication: w83 6/1 12-17; g83 2/22 9-10; g81 1/22 25; hp 84-85; g79 5/8 10, 16-18; fl 33-39; g78 10/22 12; w77 553; g76 1/22 4-5, 7-8; w75 485-486; w74 305-311; g72 8/8 3-4
how it can be improved: g85 1/8 4-6; w83 6/1 13-16
lack of conversation a factor contributing to adultery: g85 2/8 30; w83 6/1 12-13
survey regarding: g84 2/22 30
why the breakdown: g85 1/8 4
comparison of life span:
for married and divorced persons: g80 7/22 30
of married and divorced men: g78 8/8 31; g78 10/22 9
of married men and widowers of same age: g81 12/22 30
compatibility: g85 7/22 29; fl 15-18
concubines: w77 184; w73 151-153; ad 369; li 223, 227; mg63 158; g63 5/22 29; w62 187, 189; g58 9/22 25; g58 12/22 21-23; w56 571-572; w51 234-237; w47 22-23; g35 8/14 708-710
congregation’s interest in: w77 178
consensual arrangement: w77 182-185; g75 4/8 29; yb72 184; g71 2/8 13-14; li 227; g65 2/8 6-7; g64 9/22 17-19; w62 287-288; g61 4/22 27; w60 688-689; w56 572-574
consummation: w56 533; w47 21
contraceptives: w75 159-160; w73 255-256; w69 766-767; g69 11/8 13-15; w64 159; w53 222-223; w51 159-160
contract for, in patriarchal times: w80 8/15 27
cooperation in deciding vacation plans: w69 176
correcting mate: w68 547-548
counseling: g83 7/22 4-13
benefit of premarital: w85 7/15 21
counselors: g83 7/22 4-7; g75 12/8 30-31; g64 6/8 15; w63 38, 152; g63 4/22 31
‘counting the cost’: w79 4/15 3
courtship: fl 20, 22-23; g77 1/8 11; yy 142-156; w74 8-13; w74 607; w66 703; g65 10/22 10-11; w64 155, 519; w63 364-365; g63 3/22 6; g62 1/8 30; w61 183-184, 285; w60 690; g60 4/22 16-17; g53 4/22 10-12
benefits of chasteness: w85 8/15 15; g85 11/8 17-19
hurtful consequences of premarital sex: g85 12/8 10-12
not a game: fl 25
what to look for in a man: w85 11/1 18-19; fl 21-22
what to look for in a woman: w85 11/1 18-19; fl 21-22
whether to tell prospective mate of immoral past: g74 11/8 27; w60 351-352
customs: yb76 215; w74 8-9; w74 430-431; w73 151-155; g72 8/8 20-23; ad 1114-1115; g71 4/8 24-26; g71 10/22 7-8; g70 7/22 8; w69 58-59; g69 12/22 18; g66 8/22 18-19; g62 6/22 13-14; g62 7/22 29-30; g61 6/8 25-26, 30; g61 8/8 9-11; g61 9/22 18; g60 1/8 13-16; g58 9/22 20; g57 4/8 23; g57 5/22 9-12; w56 565, 570; w54 170; g52 8/22 13-15; g52 10/8 9; g52 12/22 17-19; g51 2/22 10; g51 11/22 9-11; g50 6/22 10-11; g50 8/8 16-19; g39 5/17 22; g36 8/12 729; g34 6/20 594; g32 1/6 211-212; g31 9/30 841
sea gypsies: g75 9/22 15
Zimbabwe: w79 3/15 9-10
deaf persons: g56 4/8 23-24
death dissolves: w76 348-349; ts 179; ad 1038; li 241; w61 703-704; w60 277, 715; w56 590, 603; el 147
death rates for married and unmarried persons compared: g78 1/22 12
Declaration Pledging Faithfulness: w85 11/1 31; w77 182-185
disposition of copies: w77 184
definition: w56 525; ms53 253; w42 206; ho 38, 44
disagreements: g85 7/22 29; g82 8/8 6-7; fl 30-39
Bible principles for handling: w83 6/1 16; fl 37-39
discussion: w85 11/1 16-26; w84 4/15 22-26; w83 3/15 27-31; w83 6/1 12-22; uw 140-145; g83 10/8 20-22; w82 7/15 3-8; g82 8/8 3-8; w81 7/1 12-17; g81 1/22 3-11; w80 4/15 18-23; fl 5-190; g78 10/22 3-23; w77 172-185; w77 549-559; g77 1/8 5-12; gh 160-165; yy 157-165; w75 483-486; g74 5/22 3-6; w73 151-155; g72 2/22 5-8; g72 12/8 3-5; ad 1114-1117; g71 2/8 13-16; g70 1/8 5-7; g70 12/8 9-12; w69 174-177, 739-744; li 219-242; w65 553-561; g61 5/8 8-11; w60 649-663, 677-691, 713-729; w56 525-539, 560-574, 585-605; w53 37-41; g53 4/22 9-12; w51 227-241, 276-279; el 144-153; w47 19-28, 35-46
diseased mate: fl 76; g62 6/22 14-15; g61 5/22 10-11; w60 690-691; w56 591-592
divided households: w83 3/15 28-29; fl 68-69, 79-80; w77 560-565; km 6/76 1, 3; km 8/75 7; w74 314-317; w74 441-442; g74 4/22 9; w70 551; is 144; qm 254-255; w65 557-559; w64 204-205; w63 151, 570-575; mg63 178; w62 209-212, 465-466; w60 14-15, 50, 366, 721-722, 735; g60 10/22 27-28; w59 266-267, 552-553; w58 372; w56 592-593; w55 217-222; qm55 254-255; w52 510-511; el 149-152; w47 39-40; w39 347-348
divine origin: w85 11/1 16-21; w83 3/15 27-28; uw 139; w80 4/15 18-19; hp 76; g78 10/22 9-10, 15-16; g77 12/8 7; yy 157; g74 1/22 27; g72 5/22 12; ad 1114; w69 174, 765; li 219; g64 10/22 27-28
divorce: w83 3/15 29-30; w83 12/15 27-29; g82 4/8 16-17; g82 6/8 9-12; w81 7/1 17-19, 21-22; tr 179-180; g81 3/22 17-20; g80 2/8 24; g79 5/8 12-13; g79 7/8 5; g79 9/22 29; fl 172-173; g78 7/22 30; g78 10/22 3-4, 6, 14; w77 175-176, 180; w77 255-256; g77 12/8 3-13; w76 523; w76 611-612; g76 1/22 3-9; g76 3/8 30; g76 6/8 30; g76 7/22 30; w75 286-288; w75 483; g75 3/22 30; g75 9/22 27-28; w74 8-9; w74 511-512; w74 671-672; w74 703-704; g74 1/22 31; g74 4/22 3-4; tp73 150-151; w72 31-32, 766-768; g72 2/22 5; g72 4/8 29; g72 12/8 29; w71 309-310; ad 458-461, 805, 1116; g71 4/8 30; g71 4/22 31; g71 11/22 31; w70 388-389; g70 2/22 29; g70 5/8 31; g70 8/22 31; g70 11/8 28; w69 739-742; is 140-141; g69 6/8 8; g69 8/8 3-4; g69 10/22 29; w68 56, 255-256, 575-576; g68 3/8 31; w67 420, 451; yl 30; g67 1/22 29; g67 9/22 12-13; g67 11/22 19; li 236-240; g66 2/22 31; g66 3/22 29; g66 6/22 30; g65 1/8 5; g65 10/8 8; g65 10/22 9; g64 10/8 8, 30; g64 10/22 27-28; g64 11/22 29; w63 78; yb63 147; ln 47-48; w62 248, 288, 456; w61 93-96; ns 34; g61 4/22 26; g61 5/8 9; g61 8/8 11; w60 278, 725; w56 588-598; w47 25-27; w35 76-79
among high-salaried women: g83 11/22 27
before learning truth: w80 1/15 30-31; w68 575-576
Brazil: g78 9/22 24-26
Britain: g78 1/8 30
causes: g83 7/22 3-4
effect on women: g80 12/22 29
maneuvering to obtain: g64 10/22 27-28
Methodist Church ritual for: w77 39
nine-year-old son encourages mother to avoid: w81 11/1 21
perversions within marriage not grounds: w83 3/15 31; w78 2/15 30-32
planned adultery to break Scriptural marriage ties: w83 3/15 29
proper view of sex relations between a divorced couple: w82 9/1 31
rate by country: g76 1/8 31
statistics: g83 7/22 3
when unbeliever uses false charges for: w77 31-32
where illegal: w77 182-185
whether to forgive or divorce an adulterous mate: w83 12/15 27-29; w81 3/1 30-31
dowry: w80 9/15 4; yb77 162-163; ad 519, 1114; g71 4/8 24-26; g66 8/22 18; g63 1/8 9; g61 6/22 30; g61 8/8 11; w60 662; g60 1/8 13-16; w56 563-564, 570-572; g52 8/22 13
India: g84 3/8 30
early Christians: w77 265
Egypt (ancient):
polygamy: ad 495
eligibility: w52 362
endogamy: g62 6/22 13-14
engagement: w73 593-594; ad 519; w68 606-607; li 225-226; g66 8/22 18; yb63 275-276; w61 184-185, 548, 736; g61 6/8 25-26; g61 8/8 10-11; w60 278, 660, 690; g60 4/22 16; w56 565-566; w53 95, 222-223; w47 23
benefits of chasteness: w85 8/15 15; g85 11/8 17-19
breaking of, unilaterally: w75 382-384
hurtful consequences of premarital sex: g85 12/8 10-12; w78 8/1 28
exogamy: g62 6/22 14
experiences:
adultery rejected: g72 9/22 26
Bible truth unites: w83 12/15 29; w82 7/15 6-7; g82 8/8 11; g81 1/8 7-8; g81 6/8 14-15; w80 3/1 32; w80 12/15 32; g80 4/22 24; g80 12/22 17; g79 5/8 19; g78 3/8 17-20; g78 9/22 26; g78 11/22 21-22; w77 493-494; g77 4/22 9; w75 483-485; g75 10/8 21-22; w74 317; w74 643-644; g74 7/22 9-10; g74 9/8 7; g73 9/22 28; w72 455; g72 4/8 25; g72 10/8 23-24; w71 202, 204-206, 209, 211-212; w71 376; yb71 198, 208, 249-250, 290-291; g71 4/8 23; w70 68, 550, 583; yb70 88, 113-114, 127, 137-139, 143-144, 154-155, 197, 226-227; g70 12/8 10; w69 454-456; yb69 123-124, 148-149, 200-201; w68 95; yb68 157-158, 167-168, 239; yb67 97-98, 103-104, 278, 293; g67 9/22 12-15; yb66 269-271; w65 254; yb65 83-84, 141-142, 145; yb64 102, 124; yb63 163-164; yb62 237-238; yb61 95-96, 98, 212-213
bride at “pioneer rates”: yb63 257
consensual arrangement rejected: yb80 18-19; g71 2/8 13-16
dissatisfaction with living together without marriage: g81 1/22 4-6
Family Life book: w85 11/1 32
marriage plans with unbeliever terminated: g79 4/22 26; w78 11/1 26; g77 4/22 17-21; yb63 275-276
marriages legalized: yb84 239-240; w83 10/1 26; yb81 57-59; yb80 18; w78 4/15 19-20; w76 567; yb75 7; w74 648; yb74 8-9; g74 1/22 20; g74 2/8 25; g74 9/8 7; yb73 72-73; yb72 185; g72 10/8 24; yb71 77, 140, 233-234, 253, 260, 267-268, 275-276; g71 9/22 23; w70 555, 581, 614; yb70 110, 115-116, 123, 136, 174, 177, 195, 199, 207-208, 214-215, 248, 266-267, 294-295; w69 3-4; yb69 68, 98-100, 119, 153-154, 267-268; yb68 118-119, 174-175, 262; w67 486-487; yb67 91, 110, 287; yb66 74-75, 79, 100-101, 196-197, 265; yb65 75, 119, 154, 202-203; yb64 116, 146, 166-167, 171-172, 243-244; yb63 80, 82-83, 97-98, 114, 127, 129, 147, 215, 221, 226-227, 259; w62 242; yb62 78, 88, 131-132, 162, 237; yb61 85-86, 154-155, 171, 185-186, 219-220, 223
polygamy rejected: yb71 112-113, 223-224, 238-239; yb70 136, 266-267; yb68 140-141
failure of worldly guidance: w78 5/1 15; fl 33
faithfulness: fl 172-174; w74 152
example of Job: w78 12/15 32
fallacies: g78 10/22 11
‘I can change him’: fl 18-20
imaginary ideal mate: fl 19
open marriage may be rewarding: w78 5/1 15
feast (Mt 22): w84 4/15 16-24; w74 685-688, 690-700; jp 20; w58 461-464; w48 331; w44 291-299
finances: g85 2/8 9-10; g79 5/8 17; fl 44-47
flexibility needed: fl 27-29, 179
forbidding: w79 9/15 31; w60 713; w56 602-603; cy 17-18; w51 227; el 145-146
forgiveness in: w79 9/1 4; w70 388-389
friend of the bridegroom: w84 4/15 15; ad 610
garment in Bible times: w74 696; g70 7/22 8; w69 59
gifts for wife: fl 52
giving “his own virginity” in (1Co 7:36-38): w80 4/15 30-31
Greece:
average age for men and women: g78 11/22 31
‘group marriages’: g78 10/22 7-8
home decoration: g78 10/22 22
honorable arrangement: w77 172-174
husband beating: w84 10/1 7
husband’s role: w85 11/1 21-24; w83 6/1 17-22; g82 8/8 7-8; w81 10/15 17-18; tr 171, 174; g81 1/22 10; w80 4/15 21-22; hp 81-82; bw 86-93; fl 40-53; g78 10/22 18-19; w77 550-552; w76 614-615; gh 164-165; g76 1/22 8; g76 10/8 10-11; w75 153-154; w75 484-485; g74 4/22 9-12; tp73 175-176; g73 9/22 27-28; g72 2/22 7-8; g72 5/22 13-14; ad 805, 1115; w70 35-36; w70 67; w69 175; g69 6/8 4-6; w68 108-114, 607-608; g68 11/22 26; w67 67-68; li 259-263, 266; w65 32, 554-555, 739-740; g65 1/8 5-7; g65 10/8 10; w64 200-203, 408, 493, 550-551; g64 8/8 4; g64 8/22 31; g64 9/8 3-4; g64 11/22 8-11; g64 12/8 30; w63 77, 151, 429, 432-434; g63 3/22 6-7; w62 209-212, 457; g62 4/8 16-19; w61 88, 325-326; g61 4/22 26; g61 5/8 9-10; g61 8/8 29; w60 278-279, 656, 718-719, 735; g60 4/22 18-19; w59 466, 549-554; g59 3/22 12-16; g58 1/8 11; w57 179-180; w56 639; w55 208-210; g55 11/8 25-26; g54 9/22 21-24; w53 37-38; ms53 253; w51 277-279
‘assigning wife honor’ (1Pe 3:7): fl 47-50; g78 10/22 19
making decisions: w83 6/1 18; fl 43-44, 109; g78 10/22 22
husbands to be ‘as though they had no wives’ (1Co 7:29): w83 10/15 16; w75 351-352
‘husband will dominate’ (Ge 3:16): w76 159-160
hypergamy: g62 6/22 13
importance of commitment: fl 20-21; g78 10/22 8-9
impotence: w56 590
improving a marriage: g76 1/22 6-9; w72 131-132
incest: w78 3/15 25-28; w75 72-77; g74 6/22 28; g62 6/22 13-14; ns 228, 311; w60 685; g51 11/22 22
discussion: w78 3/15 25-28
disfellowshipping for: w78 3/15 26
inconsistency of human laws: w78 3/15 27
when union does not involve immediate family relationship: w78 3/15 26-28
India: g82 10/22 29-30
individual decision: w51 371-372
infatuation: fl 19-20; g70 1/8 5-6; g70 9/8 4-5; w67 451-452
not sound basis for: g82 4/8 16-19
in later years of life: w85 11/1 19; g83 2/22 8-10; fl 171-180
interracial: w73 735-736; g62 6/22 14; w60 447-448; w56 200, 604; g50 7/8 16
Jewish view of mixed: g71 8/22 30
Israelites: w74 430-431; w72 82-83, 86-87; ad 1042; w70 376, 379; w68 373; li 223; bf 459; w61 46, 402-403, 736; ns 228; g61 9/8 28; w60 663; w53 406; w52 543; w51 237-238; g50 2/8 25-26; g49 8/8 17; w47 24; w35 372; v-3 276-277; ho 38
Japan:
ceremony: g83 3/22 30
marriage by go-between: g81 6/8 12-15
Jehovah: w76 144-158; w76 176-182; g74 5/22 3-4; ad 1117; li 72; w63 714; w62 457; w60 653, 718; w56 525-528, 531, 536-538, 591; w53 37; w44 43
Jeremiah: w69 373-374
Jesus Christ: w79 1/15 19-21; w74 686-688, 690; w72 108; ad 1117, 1396; w67 343-345; w66 575-576; li 64-67, 230-231; w63 726; bf 459-460, 617-621; w62 562-564; wr 21-24; w58 461-464; w56 560-561; sr55 218-230; w53 37; w48 323-330; ki 325, 328-329; lt-2-30 151-163
learning from: g70 12/8 9-12
legal requirements: w84 4/15 12-14; w77 179-181, 183, 185; w73 154; w73 735; g72 8/22 3; w68 575; yl 30; g67 8/22 30; li 231; g64 9/22 18; w62 287-288; g62 6/22 14-15; w60 278, 690; g57 7/22 6; w56 568-570, 572-574; w52 362; ho 43
Caesar’s interest in: w77 180-181
Greece: g75 6/8 25-26
registration: w84 4/15 12; w77 180-181; yb73 182-183; w68 575; g64 9/22 18; w63 76; ln 43; g61 4/22 27; w60 278, 688-689; w56 565, 570, 573-574; w52 362; w51 237-239; el 152-153
where Caesar’s recognition is unavailable: w85 11/1 31; w77 182-185
legal rights and duties: g68 11/22 26
legal widows: w56 590
living separately as a practice: w79 3/15 10
living together: g78 10/22 4
discussion: g81 1/22 3-8
effect on marriage: g84 9/22 30; hp 77
increase: g78 1/8 30
loneliness within: g80 5/8 6; g74 6/8 4; w71 262
love: fl 70-80; yy 159-162; g74 5/22 4-5; w72 131-132, 287; g72 2/8 3; g70 9/8 3-7; w63 76-77; ln 43-45
agápe: w81 7/1 15-17; g78 8/8 28
lying to mate and God by failure to live up to contract of: w71 309-310; w71 539
matriarchal society: g61 3/22 18
money handling when wife works: w68 607-608
monogamy: w75 151-152; ad 1114, 1116; g70 8/22 6-7; g69 8/8 3; yl 30; g64 6/8 17; w60 277, 653, 658, 714-715; w56 585; w51 235-236; w47 23-24
myths: g77 1/8 5-8
new system of things: w82 6/15 15; kc 178; w63 627; wg 27-29; w62 328; g62 1/22 27-28; w60 657; w56 603-605; w55 763; sr55 350-352; w54 575; nh 345; w52 478; w38 325, 346; ff 58-59; g30 4/2 446
Noah’s grandsons: w75 76
‘no-contract marriages’:
result when people grow older: w84 6/1 4
“one flesh” (Ge 2:24): fl 20-21; po 47; g74 5/22 4; w60 651, 684-685; w56 531, 588-589; w55 209; g55 10/8 25; w53 37
“only in the Lord” (1Co 7:39): w82 3/15 31; w80 9/15 18-19; w79 4/1 23; g79 3/22 27-28; fl 24; g75 9/22 28; w74 607; w73 73; w73 476-477; w72 273, 364-365; ad 1116; w70 151; w69 202-203; w68 256; li 241-242; w65 560-562; ms 332; w63 58, 78, 112; ln 48; mg63 10; g63 11/22 27-28; w62 301, 461-462; g62 4/22 16-17; w61 46, 185-186, 571; g61 4/22 27; w60 532, 687-688, 718, 736; w58 219-220, 372; w56 562-564, 566, 760; g56 1/8 25-26; w52 190-191, 414; el 149, 152; w47 45
open marriage: hp 64, 71; w78 5/1 15; g78 10/22 8; g77 12/8 5; g75 4/8 29
definition: g80 4/22 3
‘past bloom of youth’ (1Co 7:36): g83 9/22 18; g81 4/8 7-8; w74 703
polygamy: w80 8/1 6; hp 78-79; g76 1/22 26-28; g75 3/8 15; g75 12/8 13-17; w73 151-153; yb73 143, 166-167; w72 366; w71 158; ad 495, 564, 1116; g71 10/22 7; g70 5/8 16-17; g70 6/22 12-15; w69 671-672; li 223; ms 334; g65 6/22 20; g64 6/8 17; w63 75-76; ln 41; g63 1/8 9; g61 10/22 25-26; w60 277, 658-662, 714-715, 729; g58 9/22 25-26; w56 571-572, 596; g53 1/22 26-27; g52 8/22 14-15; w51 234-237, 735-736; el 146; w47 23; g35 8/14 708-710
clergy view: w85 7/1 10; w77 207; w75 200
discussion: g85 3/8 9-12
experiences: w76 203-204; yb76 180; g74 2/8 25; w73 154; yb72 243; w71 124-125
Mosaic Law: lp 147-148; w69 671-672
prayer for a mate: w77 266; lp 128
praying with mate: g74 5/22 4
pregnant brides: w81 11/1 10
premarital sex: g85 11/8 17-19; g85 12/8 10-12; g84 9/22 30; g81 1/22 3-8; hp 77; g78 1/8 30; li 222, 225-226; g65 3/22 17; g65 10/8 9; g64 6/8 17; g64 9/22 19; g64 10/8 6, 13-14; g64 11/22 29; g64 12/8 23; g64 12/22 30; w63 75-76, 324, 360; ln 42-43; g62 5/8 3; g62 6/22 13; g62 9/8 30-31; w61 180-184; g61 4/22 26-27; g61 5/22 11-12; w60 278, 690; w56 565; w53 95, 222-223; w51 238
damage to individuals: g85 12/8 10-12; w78 8/1 27
damage to marriage: w85 8/15 15
survey as to American women engaging in: g85 7/22 31
prenuptial contracts: w82 9/15 7
preparation: w84 4/15 22-24; fl 11-25; yy 146-156; w75 152; w74 8-13; w73 695-696; g70 1/8 5-7; g65 10/22 12; g62 7/8 10-11; w60 677, 690; g60 4/22 16; w56 316-317; g55 10/22 9; g53 4/22 10-11
balanced approach to life: w85 11/1 20
qualities to cultivate: w85 11/1 18, 21-26
preparing children for: w61 180-184; g61 9/22 31; w60 678; w56 316-317; g55 10/22 9
preservation: w85 11/1 17-21; w83 6/1 12-22; g82 8/8 4-8; w81 7/1 12-17; fl 75-80; w65 555-556; w63 570-575
problems: g85 1/8 5-6; w83 3/15 28-29; w83 6/1 14-15; w82 7/15 3-4; g82 6/8 9, 11-12; g82 8/8 4-8; g78 10/22 3-5; yy 158-165; w74 435-436; g74 4/22 3-9, 12; g73 9/22 26-28; g72 2/22 5-6; g72 5/8 3-4; w71 579; w69 175-176, 739-744; g69 6/8 3-8; g65 3/22 3-4; w63 569-575
benefit of counsel: w85 7/15 21
cause: w85 11/1 17; w78 2/15 4; g78 10/22 10-15
Christmas: w84 12/15 7; w79 11/1 31; w67 734-735; w60 735-736
control of anger: w83 2/1 8; w83 6/1 16; g82 8/8 6-7; g79 5/8 13-19
danger of listening to, when alone with opposite sex: w76 515
due to imperfection: w85 11/1 17; g78 10/22 20
failure of human wisdom: w74 308
giving counsel: g83 7/22 8-13
importance of couple’s talking over: g85 7/22 29
jealousy: g79 5/8 17-18; fl 35-36, 72-73; g75 4/8 29; ad 874
money: g83 9/22 17-18; g78 10/22 12
moods: g82 8/8 7; fl 34
nagging: fl 62-63, 65; w77 554
overlooking faults: g69 1/8 4
preventing: w85 11/1 17-18, 20, 23
resolving: w85 11/1 25-26; w83 6/1 22; w78 2/15 4; fl 70-76; yy 163-165; g74 4/22 5-12; w73 154-155; g73 9/22 27-28; km 9/73 8; g72 8/8 3-4; w69 739-744; g69 8/8 4; w67 420, 452; w65 556-557; w63 572-575
whether to bring to elders: km 9/73 8
purpose: po 45-46; ad 1114; w69 765-766; li 219-220; ms 333; w64 693-694; g62 4/8 27-28; w60 277, 652; w53 223; w51 227; el 144; w47 20-22
reasons people marry: g73 9/22 26
receptions: w84 4/15 16-22; w69 283-285; w65 62; g65 9/22 8; w64 448; w56 571; w52 320, 360-361
cost: w85 12/15 26
remarriage: g81 2/8 7; w80 1/15 30-31; w74 511-512; w74 671-672; w69 447-448; w61 703-704; w60 715, 723-725; w56 596-597; w51 239
adulterous remarriage: w83 3/15 29; w81 7/1 17-19, 21; w80 9/15 31; w79 11/15 31-32
requirements for baptism: w77 181-183; w73 154; w60 689, 714-715, 717; w56 573, 596-597; w54 170
respect for powers of procreation: w85 5/1 31; w75 158-160
resurrected ones: w76 348-349; ts 178-180; w67 638-640; w62 328; g62 1/22 27-28; w61 319, 703-704; w59 415; w56 604; w55 763; w54 575; w49 320; tf 366-367; hp42 58-59; ci 360-363; s 356-358; w38 325, 331; ff 55; g30 4/2 446
rings: w72 63; w69 58-59; g61 8/8 10; w56 571; cy 12; g55 9/22 13-15; w52 361-362; g51 10/8 21-24
Roman law: w77 178
schools for: g64 11/22 31
selecting a mate: w85 11/1 18-19; g77 1/8 8-12; yy 148-151; g65 10/22 9-10; w64 175-177; g64 9/22 19; g62 6/22 14; w61 182-185, 402-404, 442-443; g61 5/8 8-9; g61 8/8 9; w60 532, 686-689; g60 8/8 23; w58 219-220; w56 562-563, 604; g53 4/22 9-12
motives: g64 9/22 20; w60 407; w59 543-544; w56 601-603; g55 11/8 25; w54 132; w53 95; g49 8/8 25-26; w47 36-38
waiting for a mate that one can truly love: w80 4/15 19
wisdom needed: fl 23-25
separation: g77 12/8 7-8; w75 286-288; w75 575-576; w72 382-384; w69 740-742; li 240; w65 555-556; w64 31; g64 3/22 28; w63 569-575; w62 210; w60 720-721, 723; w56 592-593; w55 218-219; w51 239; el 150
because of verbal and physical abuse: w83 3/15 28-29
sexual relations: w83 6/1 21; g82 8/8 5-6; tr 172-173; w80 4/15 22; hp 72-74; w79 6/15 13; w78 8/1 26-28; fl 47-48, 60-62; w77 176; w77 557-559; yy 158-163; w74 436; w74 703-704; g74 4/22 4, 6-7, 10-12; w73 352; tp73 151-153; w72 734-736; g72 2/22 6, 8; w69 176-177, 765-766; g69 6/8 5; w68 735-736; li 241; w65 555; ms 333; g65 11/22 4; w64 693-695; w63 75-76; ln 42-44; w62 186, 209, 703-704, 708; g62 4/8 27-28; w61 95; g61 5/22 9-10; w60 277, 683, 690; g60 8/22 27-28; w57 179-180; w56 585-587; w50 16; w47 37
balanced view of sex: fl 29-30
“do not be depriving each other of it” (1Co 7:5): w81 8/15 13-15; w79 6/15 13; fl 61
during menstruation: w72 575-576; ad 1137; w68 735-736
factors helping a woman to respond: g85 11/8 19
marital intimacies not within province of elders to “police”: w83 3/15 30-31; w78 2/15 30-32
perversions within marriage: w83 3/15 30-31; w78 2/15 30-32; w77 558-559
problems: g78 10/22 13-14; g77 1/22 29
value of premarital chasteness: g85 11/8 17-19
why limited to married couples: w78 8/1 26-28; fl 84-85
showers: g77 4/8 27-28; w69 285-286; w56 571; w52 319-320
singleness: w82 6/15 10-15; g78 1/22 12; w77 264-268; g77 1/8 5-8, 12; w74 379-380; w74 703; w73 476-477; w72 107-108; g72 5/8 4, 12; g72 12/8 5-8; ad 1512, 1637-1638; g70 1/8 7; w69 177-179; w66 702-703; li 231-233; g66 9/8 20; w65 563-566; ms 460-461; w64 154-155; g64 9/22 17; mg63 11; w62 189; g62 1/22 27-28; g62 7/8 9-12; w61 185-186; g61 11/8 3-4; w56 599-600; w51 371-372; g50 2/22 25-26; w48 283-284; w47 42-46; w42 38
Spain: g61 9/8 8
statistics: g79 9/22 29-30; g76 6/8 30
marriage rate in United States: g78 1/8 30; g76 3/8 30
on age: g65 10/22 9; g64 11/22 30; g63 8/22 30; g62 9/22 30; g61 8/8 29; g61 11/8 31; g60 1/22 30-31; g60 9/8 15; g35 9/25 808
stepfamilies: w84 10/15 21-25
study showing decline in alcohol and drug use following: g85 4/22 29-30
surrogate mothers: g85 8/8 24; w84 8/15 26
survey as to married couples engaging in violent outbursts: g80 5/8 24
swapping mates: g73 8/8 29; g71 7/22 30; w70 694; g64 10/8 9, 30; w63 583; g51 10/8 15; w46 268
symbolic usage: w85 2/1 17-18; w85 3/15 11-12, 14; ad 1117; w55 208-209; w53 37
teenage: g83 9/22 12-19; g83 10/8 20-22; g78 10/22 11; w74 9; w74 703; g72 12/8 3-5; g70 1/8 5-7; g70 9/8 3-7; w67 451-452
letter regarding teenage marriages: g84 2/8 28
“toying” with immorality: w73 592-594; w64 154-156
trial marriage: g77 1/8 7-8; g77 2/22 30; w73 151-153; w67 326; g67 11/8 30; li 225; g66 5/8 8; w63 76; ln 42-43; g62 6/22 13; w56 565, 572
Gallup poll regarding: g81 11/22 29
“tribulation in their flesh” (1Co 7:28): w83 10/15 16; w75 152; ad 1615
trust in: w84 4/15 25-26; w83 6/1 19; w73 478
unequal marriages: km 12/81 4
unfavorable comparisons: fl 32
United States: g58 9/22 20
marriage rate: g78 1/8 30; g76 3/8 30
used to illustrate divine arrangements: w77 174-175
validating:
in Bible times: w77 174, 177-178
in modern times: w84 4/15 12-14; w77 179-185
violent husband: w75 286-288; g75 9/8 29-30
weight gain after: g84 1/8 30
whether to declare missing mate dead: w69 447-448
wife beating: w84 10/1 3, 7; w84 11/1 3; g84 11/22 30; w75 286-287
wife’s emotional makeup: fl 51
understanding premenstrual tension: fl 35
wife’s role: w85 11/1 24-25; g82 8/8 7-8; w81 10/15 17-18; tr 171-172; g81 1/22 10; w80 4/15 21; hp 82-84; w79 2/15 3-4; fl 54-56, 58-63, 65-69; g78 10/22 19-20; w77 552-553; w76 615-616; gh 163-164; g76 10/8 11-12; w75 154-155; w75 484-485; g74 4/22 5-9; tp73 176-177; g72 2/22 8; g72 5/22 6-7, 10-11; g72 9/22 27-28; ad 1115, 1655; w70 67-68; g70 1/8 6; w69 175; g69 3/8 4-7; g69 6/8 4; g68 11/22 26; w67 35-36; g67 8/22 27-28; li 263-266; w65 554, 740; g65 1/8 7-8; g65 10/8 10; g65 10/22 12; w64 173-176, 200-205, 408, 493, 551; g64 8/8 4; w63 151, 429; g63 3/22 6; g63 12/8 13-16; w62 209-212, 462-463, 515-516, 651-653, 665-666, 718-719; w61 326-327; g61 5/8 10-11; g61 8/8 29; w60 366, 406, 717-718; g60 4/22 17-19; g60 12/8 4; g58 1/8 11-12; w57 180-181; g57 1/8 18-20; g57 8/22 15; w55 210-211, 213-214, 218; g55 11/8 26; g54 8/8 21-24; w53 38-39; ms53 253-254; w52 511-512; w51 277-278; el 151; w49 133-134
working couples:
Bible view: g85 2/8 9; g85 2/22 7-9
counting the cost: g85 2/22 3-11
handling finances: g85 2/8 7-10; w68 607-608
history: g85 2/8 3, 5-6
housework: g85 2/8 10-11
interviews: g85 2/22 10-11
psychological impact: g85 2/8 6-7
reasons wives work: g85 2/8 5-6
worldly views regarding: w84 6/1 4; g74 12/22 29-30
youths: w85 11/1 18-19; w85 12/15 30; yy 147-148; w75 461-462; g72 12/8 3-5; g65 10/22 9-12
Zimbabwe:
marriage customs: w79 3/15 9-10
Quotations
assurance of sexual fidelity still an important attribute of: w78 5/1 15
happiest of all were those [women] who had stayed married: g80 12/22 29
marital fidelity of great value: w76 743
what counts is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility: g85 7/22 29