24 Bible Verses about Waiting Till Marriage

But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

and be like men who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding feast, so that they may open to him immediately when he comes and knocks.

If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

Blessed are those servants whom the master finds watching when he comes. Truly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit at table, and will come and serve them.

"When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest one more distinguished than you be invited by him;

Each one should remain in the state in which he was called.

and as a widow till she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, but worshipped with fasting and prayer night and day.

but did not know her until she had borne a son. And he called his name Jesus.

Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous or boastful, it is not arrogant

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

But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment.

lying in wait for him, to catch at something he might say.

But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, 'Friend, go up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you.

Therefore keep watch, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

Then each of them were given a white robe, and they were told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brethren should be completed, who were to be killed as they had been.

For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is himself the Savior.

Do you not know that those who work in the temple get their food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar?

While the bridegroom was 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 him the glory! For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.

Another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."

His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."

I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.