Bible Passages for Marriage

Ecclesiastes 4:12

“A threefold cord is not quickly broken.”

This image points to strength that comes when a relationship is held before God.

1 Corinthians 13:4

“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not.”

The love described here is patient, active, and faithful.

Luke 16:18

“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.”

1 Corinthians 7:2

“But because of cases of immorality every man should have his own wife, and every woman her own husband.”

1 Corinthians 7:11

“But if she does leave, let her remain single or become reconciled to her husband. And a husband should not divorce his wife.”

Song of Songs 7:11

“I am my lover's, and for me he yearns.”

Proverbs 27:5

“Better is an open rebuke than a love that remains hidden.”

Song of Songs 2:2

“As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.”

Colossians 3:18

“Wives, be subordinate to your husbands, as is proper in the Lord.”

Proverbs 27:8

“Like a bird that is far from its nest, so is anyone far from home.”

Song of Songs 1:14

“My lover is for me a cluster of henna from the vineyards of Engedi.”

Psalm 133:1

“How good and how pleasant it is, when brothers dwell together as one!”

Song of Songs 2:16

“My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.”

Proverbs 20:7

“The righteous walk in integrity; happy are the children who follow them!”

Romans 14:19

“So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to building up one another.”

Song of Songs 6:3

“I belong to my lover and my lover belongs to me; he browses among the lilies.”

Song of Songs 1:16

“Ah, you are beautiful, my lover—yes, you are lovely. Our couch, too, is green;”

Colossians 3:9

“Stop lying to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices”

Proverbs 21:9

“Better to live on the corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.”

Proverbs 19:14

“Houses and wealth are an inheritance from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.”

1 Corinthians 7:4

“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.”

1 Corinthians 7:39

“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.”

Deuteronomy 11:19

“Teach them to your children, speaking of them at home and abroad, whether you are busy or at rest.”

Proverbs 19:26

“Those who mistreat their father, or chase away their mother, are disgraceful and shameful children.”

Matthew 19:6

“So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, no human being must separate.”

Song of Songs 5:16

“His mouth is sweetness itself; he is all delight. Such is my lover, and such my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.”

Genesis 50:21

“So have no fear; I will provide for you and for your children. By thus speaking kindly to them, he reassured them.”

1 Peter 3:6

“Thus Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him 'lord.' You are her children when you do what is good and fear no intimidation.”

1 Corinthians 7:13

“If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he is willing to live with her, she should not divorce her husband.”

Matthew 19:5

“And 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'?”