Proverbs 2:16 . . . the wayward wife . . . (17) who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.
Malachi 2:14 . . . It is because the LORD is acting as the witness between you and the wife of your youth, because you have broken faith with her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.
Biblical Covenants Typically Involve the Shedding of Blood
Exodus 24:8 Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, "This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words."
Zechariah 9:11 As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will free your prisoners from the waterless pit.
Hebrews 9:18 This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood. (19) When Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves, together with water, scarlet wool and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people. (20) He said, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”
Luke 22:20 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you . . .”
Hebrews 10:29 How much more severely do you think a man deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God under foot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?
Hebrews 13:20 May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep
The link between circumcision and the shedding of blood
Exodus 4:25 But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son's foreskin and touched Moses' feet with it. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said. (26) So the LORD let him alone. (At that time she said “bridegroom of blood,” referring to circumcision.)
Link Between Circumcision and Covenant
Genesis 17:11 You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.
The Age at Which Circumcision Should Ideally Occur
Genesis 17:12 For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised . . .