Ecclesiastes 4:12
“A threefold cord is not quickly broken.”
This image points to strength that comes when a relationship is held before God.
Bible Verses
Bible verses for couples about love, marriage, unity, and forgiveness.
“A threefold cord is not quickly broken.”
This image points to strength that comes when a relationship is held before God.
“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not.”
The love described here is patient, active, and faithful.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son.”
God's love is shown in generous, saving action.
“We love him, because he first loved us.”
Human love begins as a response to God's love.
“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another.”
Love becomes visible through honor and care for others.
“And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.”
Love holds the rest of faithful character together.
“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!”
Unity is described as good and pleasant before God.
“Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.”
Unity requires effort and is held together by peace.
“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”
Christian forgiveness flows from the forgiveness already received in Christ.
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins.”
This passage gives hope to anyone who needs mercy and a new beginning.
“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.”
“But because of cases of immorality every man should have his own wife, and every woman her own husband.”
“But if she does leave, let her remain single or become reconciled to her husband. And a husband should not divorce his wife.”
“I am my lover's, and for me he yearns.”
“Better is an open rebuke than a love that remains hidden.”
“As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.”
“Wives, be subordinate to your husbands, as is proper in the Lord.”
“Like a bird that is far from its nest, so is anyone far from home.”
“My lover is for me a cluster of henna from the vineyards of Engedi.”
“My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.”
“The righteous walk in integrity; happy are the children who follow them!”
“So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to building up one another.”
“I belong to my lover and my lover belongs to me; he browses among the lilies.”
“Ah, you are beautiful, my lover—yes, you are lovely. Our couch, too, is green;”
“Stop lying to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices”
“Better to live on the corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.”
“Houses and wealth are an inheritance from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.”
“A wife does not have authority over her own body but rather her husband; and similarly a husband does not have authority over his own body but rather his wife.”
“A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whomever she wishes, provided that it be in the Lord.”
“Teach them to your children, speaking of them at home and abroad, whether you are busy or at rest.”