47 Bible Verses about Marriage Between Man And Woman

But a married man is concerned about the things of the world—how he may please his wife—

and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world—how she may please her husband.

A wife does not have the right over her own body, but her husband does. In the same way, a husband does not have the right over his own body, but his wife does.

His disciples said to Him, “If the relationship of a man with his wife is like this, it’s better not to marry!”

But because sexual immorality is so common, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.

“When a man takes a bride, he must not go out with the army or be liable for any duty. He is free to stay at home for one year, so that he can bring joy to the wife he has married.

Also, if any woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not leave her husband.

“A man is not to marry his father’s wife; he must not violate his father’s marriage bed.

Now in response to the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have relations with a woman.”

A husband should fulfill his marital responsibility to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband.

I command the married—not I, but the Lord—a wife is not to leave her husband.

“If a man marries a woman, has sexual relations with her, and comes to hate her,

In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had married her.”

for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of the body.

and the two will become one flesh.

So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

“And another said, ‘I just got married, and therefore I’m unable to come.’

A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to anyone she wants—only in the Lord.

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first got married and died. Having no offspring, he left his wife to his brother.

For you, wife, how do you know whether you will save your husband? Or you, husband, how do you know whether you will save your wife?

However, if you do get married, you have not sinned, and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But such people will have trouble in this life, and I am trying to spare you.

For example, a married woman is legally bound to her husband while he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law regarding the husband.

For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like angels in heaven.

“If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged, and he has sexual relations with her, he must certainly pay the bridal price for her to be his wife.

“Teacher, Moses said, if a man dies, having no children, his brother is to marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

Yet you ask, “For what reason?” Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have acted treacherously against her, though she was your marriage partner and your wife by covenant.

For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like angels in heaven.

All of these had married foreign women, and some of the wives had given birth to children.

If after leaving his house she goes and becomes another man’s wife,

Jesus told them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.

If he takes an additional wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of the first wife.

But if the man doesn’t want to marry his sister-in-law, she must go to the elders at the city gate and say, ‘My brother-in-law refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He isn’t willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.’

The young woman’s father will say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man as a wife, but he hates her.

the sons of God saw that the daughters of mankind were beautiful, and they took any they chose as wives for themselves.

To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband.

This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.

But if she does leave, she must remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband—and a husband is not to leave his wife.

Has any man become engaged to a woman and not married her? Let him leave and return home. Otherwise he may die in battle and another man marry her.’

You are not to marry a woman as a rival to her sister and have sexual intercourse with her during her sister’s lifetime.

“When brothers live on the same property and one of them dies without a son, the wife of the dead man may not marry a stranger outside the family. Her brother-in-law is to take her as his wife, have sexual relations with her, and perform the duty of a brother-in-law for her.

This mystery is profound, but I am talking about Christ and the church.

For the unbelieving husband is set apart for God by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is set apart for God by the husband. Otherwise your children would be corrupt, but now they are set apart for God.

“He is to marry a woman who is a virgin.

“If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds something improper about her, he may write her a divorce certificate, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.

Demand of me a high compensation and gift; I’ll give you whatever you ask me. Just give the girl to be my wife!”

Jacob loved Rachel, so he answered Laban, “I’ll work for you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”

If they marry any of the men from the other Israelite tribes, their inheritance will be taken away from our fathers’ inheritance and added to that of the tribe into which they marry. Therefore, part of our allotted inheritance would be taken away.

the man who raped her must give the young woman’s father 50 silver shekels, and she must become his wife because he violated her. He cannot divorce her as long as he lives.