Marriage

Verses about Marriage

Though society has a relaxed view on the importance of marriage, the Bible regards it as the ultimate representation of the love Christ has for His Church. Learn more about what the Scriptures say about marriage.

Hebrews 13:4

⁴Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Proverbs 18:22

²²He who finds a wife finds a good thing,And obtains favor from the Lord.

Genesis 2:24

²⁴Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

John 14:27

²⁷Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Proverbs 21:9

⁹Better to dwell in a corner of a housetop,Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

Proverbs 19:14

¹⁴Houses and riches are an inheritance from fathers,But a prudent wife is from the Lord.

1 Peter 3:7

⁷Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.

2 Corinthians 6:14

¹⁴Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness?

Ephesians 5:25

²⁵Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,

Ephesians 5:33

³³Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Genesis 2:18

¹⁸And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

Matthew 19:4-6

⁴And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made^[a] them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’^[{{f}}] ⁵and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?^[{{f}}] ⁶So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Colossians 3:18-19

¹⁸Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.¹⁹Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them.

1 Peter 4:8

⁸And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”^[{{f}}]

Proverbs 31:10

¹⁰Who^[b] can find a virtuous^[{{f}}] wife?For her worth is far above rubies.

Mark 10:6-9

⁶But from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female.’^[{{f}}] ⁷‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, ⁸and the two shall become one flesh’; ^[{{f}}] so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. ⁹Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Romans 8:28

²⁸And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

Ephesians 5:22-33

²²Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. ²³For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. ²⁴Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.²⁵Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, ²⁶that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, ²⁷that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. ²⁸So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. ²⁹For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. ³⁰For we are members of His body,^[{{f}}] of His flesh and of His bones. ³¹“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”^[{{f}}] ³²This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. ³³Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:2-11

²Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. ³Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. ⁴The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. ⁵Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. ⁶But I say this as a concession, not as a commandment. ⁷For I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.⁸But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am; ⁹but if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.¹⁰Now to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from her husband. ¹¹But even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to divorce his wife.

Isaiah 62:5

⁵For as a young man marries a virgin,So shall your sons marry you;And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,So shall your God rejoice over you.

Deuteronomy 24:5

⁵“When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war or be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year, and bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken.

Ecclesiastes 4:12

¹²Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him.And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Proverbs 12:4

⁴An excellent^[{{f}}] wife is the crown of her husband,But she who causes shame is like rottenness in his bones.

Ephesians 5:31

³¹“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”^[{{f}}]

1 Corinthians 16:13

¹³Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong.

1 John 4:7

⁷Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

Matthew 19:9

⁹And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality,^[{{f}}] and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.”

Matthew 5:32

³²But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality^[{{f}}] causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

⁹Two are better than one,Because they have a good reward for their labor.¹⁰For if they fall, one will lift up his companion.But woe to him who is alone when he falls,For he has no one to help him up.¹¹Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm;But how can one be warm alone?¹²Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him.And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Mark 10:9

⁹Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Psalm 85:10

¹⁰Mercy and truth have met together;Righteousness and peace have kissed.

Colossians 3:14

¹⁴But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.

John 13:34-35

³⁴A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. ³⁵By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

1 Corinthians 13:13

¹³And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

⁴Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; ⁵does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; ⁶does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; ⁷bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.⁸Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.

1 Corinthians 16:14

¹⁴Let all that you do be done with love.

John 3:16

¹⁶For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

1 John 4:7-8

⁷Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. ⁸He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.