Verses on Marriage

Marriage is intended to be the most intimate of relationships that can be experienced while on earth - a sacred union before God.

Read on to find find Bible Verses of wisdom and encouragement relating to that Marital Relationship.

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• "Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."

  "Why then," they asked, "did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?"

  Jesus replied, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning."

  Matthew 19:4-8

• The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

  1 Corinthians 7:3-5

• Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

  Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

  Colossians 3:18-19

• For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband.

  1 Corinthians 7:14

• Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.

  Hebrews 13:4

• But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.

  Joshua 24:15b

• The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."

  Genesis 2:18

• Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well. Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares? Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.

  May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. A loving doe, a graceful deer - may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be intoxicated with her love.

  Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man's wife? Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?

  Proverbs 5:15-20

• Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

  Colossians 3:19

• He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD.

  Proverbs 18:22

• Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

  Ephesians 5:25

• Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

  1 Peter 3:7

• Better the poor whose walk is blameless than the rich whose ways are perverse.

  Proverbs 28:6

• A wife of noble character is her husband's crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.

  Proverbs 12:4

• Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

  Colossians 3:18

• Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children

  Titus 2:3-4

• a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof.

  Proverbs 19:13b

• A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.

  Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value.

  She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.

  She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.

  She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.

  She gets up while it is still night; she provides food for her family and portions for her female servants.

  She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.

  She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks.

  She sees that her trading is profitable, and her lamp does not go out at night.

  In her hand she holds the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.

  She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy.

  When it snows, she has no fear for her household; for all of them are clothed in scarlet.

  She makes coverings for her bed; she is clothed in fine linen and purple.

  Her husband is respected at the city gate, where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.

  She makes linen garments and sells them, and supplies the merchants with sashes.

  She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.

  She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.

  She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

  Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:

  "Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all."

  Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

  Honor her for all that her hands have done, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.

  Proverbs 31:10-31

• Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols?

  2 Corinthians 6:14-16a

• Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.

  Song of Solomon 2:7

• Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

  1 Corinthians 13:4-7

• "Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."

  Matthew 19:4-6