Bible Verses About Marriage (50 Verses)

"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh."

"Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;"

"And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins."

"And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken."

"Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord."

"Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered."

"Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;"

"Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;"

"But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price."

"For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:"

"Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband."

"For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh."

"This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church."

"Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God."

"With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;"

"Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace."

"Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,"

"Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;"

"Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;"

"Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things."

"Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away."

"And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity."

"House and riches are the inheritance of fathers and a prudent wife is from the LORD."

"Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies."

"The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil."

"She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life."

"Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come."

"She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness."

"She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness."

"Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her."

"Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all."

"Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised."

"Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates."

"Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD."

"Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour."

"For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up."

"Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?"

"Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame."

"Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned."

"Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun."

"Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth."

"Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love."

"Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge."

"Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder."

"But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female."

"For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;"

"And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh."

"What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder."

"Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband."

"The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife."