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Proverbs 19:14

Eastern Fathers

John Chrysostom

Thus when a certain wise man saith, "It is by the Lord that a man is matched with a woman," he means this, God made marriage, and not that it is He that joineth together every man that cometh to be with a woman. For we see many that come to be with one another for evil, even by the law of marriage, and this we should not ascribe to God. …

Homilies On Romans 23:13.1 ↗