Deuteronomy 21:11
one of you may see among them a beautiful woman that he likes, and he may want to marry her.
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Genesis 12:14And as soon as they arrived in Egypt, the people in Egypt saw that his wife was indeed very beautiful.
Genesis 34:3He [SYN] was very much attracted to her, and fell in love with her, and he tried to get her to love him.
Numbers 31:18Spare only the girls who are virgins [EUP]. You can keep them to be your wives or your slaves.
Proverbs 6:25Even if such a woman is beautiful and has lovely eyes, do not desire to go with her. Do not let her persuade you to go with her ◄with her eyes/by the way she looks at you►.
Proverbs 31:30Some women who are attractive are not really good women, but they can deceive us regarding what they are really like. Furthermore, women’s beauty does not last; but women who revere Yahweh should be honored.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 21:11-15
The Case of Captive Women. ( b. c. 1451.) 10 When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the Lord thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive, 11 And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife; 12 Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails; 13 And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail… Read the whole commentary →