Bible verses about Marriage
Verses about the purpose and design of marriage.
The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
Genesis 2:18For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
Genesis 2:24So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Genesis 1:27So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
Matthew 19:6Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
Ephesians 5:25In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Ephesians 5:28In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.
1 Corinthians 11:11Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Ephesians 5:33Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
Colossians 3:18Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
Colossians 3:19The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.
1 Corinthians 7:3The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.
1 Corinthians 7:4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Hebrews 13:4He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
Proverbs 18:22Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
Proverbs 19:14May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
Proverbs 5:18A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
Proverbs 12:4Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.
Ecclesiastes 4:9And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
Ecclesiastes 4:12Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
1 Peter 3:7Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
Malachi 2:15