Marriage in the Bible is held in the utmost importance and admiration as men and women "become one flesh" in holy matrimony.
"Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh." (Genesis 2:24)
The Bible gives us divine wisdom on what to look for in a lifelong partner and how to maintain a healthy marriage. Scripture notably warns us not to be in a relationship with someone with whom we are "unequally yoked," stating that our fundamental beliefs and values play a vital role in a lifelong union.
We are commanded by the word of God to recognize the sanctity of marriage and to work diligently to ensure both husband and wife are respected and appreciated.
Discover 30 of the greatest Bible verses about marriage in this collection of Scripture quotes.
May these verses give you inspire your hearts and provide joy in your marriage relationship!
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
And the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. And he said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her, and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest. Jehoiada got for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.
Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands,
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other.
And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”
But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
For as a young man marries a young woman, so shall your sons marry you, and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba. And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest. Jehoiada got for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.
“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man nor man of woman;
Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.
And he shall take a wife in her virginity. A widow, or a divorced woman, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry. But he shall take as his wife a virgin of his own people, that he may not profane his offspring among his people, for I am the Lord who sanctifies him.”
An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.
Or do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage. Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress.
For as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman. And all things are from God.
“If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife.
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
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