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20 Bible Verses about Marriage
Marriage Scriptures - Bible Verses about Marriage
Looking for marriage scriptures? Here's a list of scriptures from both the Old and New Testaments. You may find a few
scriptures here that may be considered wedding Bible verses. But overall, these scriptures are more appropriate for Biblical study and instruction.
Bible Verses about Marriage 1-5:
You cry out, "Why has the LORD abandoned us?" I'll tell you why! Because the LORD witnessed the vows you and
your wife made to each other on your wedding day when you were young. But you have been disloyal to her, though she remained your
faithful companion, the wife of your marriage vows.
Malachi 2:14
As he considered this, he fell asleep, and an angel of the LORD appeared to him in a dream. "Joesph, son of David",
the angel said, "do not be afraid to go ahead with your marriage to Mary. For the child within her has been conceived by the Holy Spirit."
Matthew 2:14
But if they can't control themselves, they should go ahead and marry. It's better to marry than to burn with lust.
1 Corinthians 7:9
But if a man thinks he ought to marry his fiancee because he has trouble controlling his passions and time is passing, it is all right;
it is not a sin. Let them marry.
1 Corinthians 7:36
A wife is married to her husband as long as he lives. If her husband dies, she is free to marry whomever she wishes, but this must be a marriage
acceptable to the Lord.
1 Corinthians 7:39
What Does the Bible Say about Marriage 5-10:
Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral
and those who commit adultery.
Hebrews 13:4
Jesus replied, "Marriage is for people here on earth.
Luke 20:34
So the Lord caused Adam to fall into a deep sleep. He took one of Adam's ribs and closed up the place from which
he had taken it.
Then the LORD made a woman from the rib and brought her to Adam. "At last!" Adam exclaimed. "She is part of my own flesh and bone!
She will be called 'woman', because she was taken out of a man."
Genesis 2:21-23
This explaines why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.
Now, although Adam and his wife were both naked, neither of them felt any shame. Genesis 2:24-25
A wife of noble character is her husband's crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones. Proverbs 12:24
Bible Verses about Marriage 11-15:
Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun --
all your meaningless days. For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun. Ecclesiastes 9:9
Wives submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands love your wives and do not be harsh with them. Colossians 3:18-19
"Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made from them male and female,' and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother
and be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh'? So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.
Matthew 19:4-6
And you husbands must love your wives with the same love Christ showed the church. He gave up his life for her.
Ephesians 5:25
In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. For a man is actually loving himself when he loves his wife.
Ephesians 5:28
Bible Verses about Marriage 15-20:
As the Scriptures say, "A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one." This is a great mytery,
but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are one. Ephesians 5:31-32
The husband should not deprive his wife of sexual intimacy, which is her right as a married woman, nor should the wife deprive the husband.
1 Corinthians 7:3
In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat her with understanding as you live together. She may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in God's gift of new life.
If you don't treat her as you should, your prayers will not be heard. 1 Peter 3:7
Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of your youth.
As a loving deer and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy you at all times; and always be enraptured with her love.
Proverbs 5:18-19
If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or have any other duty laid on him. For one year he is to
be free to stay at home and bring happiness to the wife he has married.
Deuteronomy 24:5
I tell you that anyone who diviorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, andmarries another woman commits adultery.
Matthew 19:9
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