24 Bible Verses about Waiting Till Marriage

But if they can not be continent, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.

and be like men that are waiting for their lord, when he shall return from the wedding; that, when he comes and knocks, they may open for him immediately.

But if they wish to learn any thing,, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is a shame for women to speak in an assembly.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Blessed are those servants whom their lord, when he comes, shall find watching. Verily I say to you, That he will gird himself and make them recline at table, and will come forth and serve them.

When you are invited by any one to a wedding, do not recline in the first place, lest a more honorable man than you may have been invited by him;

Let every one remain in that condition in which he was, when called.

and she was a widow of about eighty-four years, and she departed not from the temple, but served, day and night, with fastings and prayers.

and knew her not till she had brought forth her first-born son. And he called his name Jesus.

Love suffers long, and is kind; love envies not; love boasts not; is not vain,

And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher; she was of great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity:

And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man that had not put on a wedding-robe.

trying to entrap him, and seeking to lay hold on something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.

But when you are invited, go and recline in the last place, that when he that invited you shall come, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher. Then you shall have honor in the presence of those who recline with you.

Watch, therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

And a white robe was given to each of them: and it was said to them, that they should yet rest for a time, till the number of their fellow-servants,, and of their brethren, who should be killed as they had been, should be completed.

for the husband is the head of the wife, as the Christ also is the head of the church; and he is the savior of the body.

Do you not know that those who are engaged about sacred rites have their living from the temple? and that those who attend upon the altar are partakers with the altar?

While the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven, from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Let us rejoice and be glad, and give glory to him: for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.

And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.

His mother said to the servants: Whatever he says to you, do.

For I do not wish you, brethren, to be ignorant of this mystery lest you be wise in your own conceit that blindness has happened to Israel in part, till the full number of the Gen tiles shall have come in.