47 Bible Verses about Waiting Till Marriage

When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any duty. He shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife whom he has taken.

But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him a few days, for the love he had for her.

And you yourselves be like men who wait for their lord, whenever he shall return from the wedding, so that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.

for it is better that it should be said to you, Come up here, than that you should be put lower in the presence of a noble whom your eyes have seen.

would you wait for them until they were grown? Will you shut yourselves up, not to have a husband? No, my daughters, for it makes me very sad for your sakes that the hand of Jehovah has gone out against me.

Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their fruit.

And if they desire to learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home; for it is a shame for a woman to speak in a church.

Do not depart from here, I pray, until I come to You, and bring forth my food offering and set it before You. And He said, I will stay until you come again.

Turn again, my daughters, go. For I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have a husband also tonight, and should also bear sons,

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him and he with Me.

And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.

Blessed are those servants whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Truly I say to you that he shall gird himself and make them recline; and coming up he will serve them.

When you are invited by anyone to a wedding, do not recline in the chief seat, lest a more honorable man than you may be invited by him.

Let each one remain in the calling in which he was called.

And she was a widow of eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, serving God with fastings and prayers night and day.

and did not know her until she bore her son, the First-born. And he called His name JESUS.

Charity has patience, is kind; charity is not envious, is not vain, is not puffed up;

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

For as a young man marries a virgin, so will your sons marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so will your God rejoice over you.

And she said, Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will fall. For the man will not rest until he has finished the thing today.

And the king coming in to look over the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment.

lying in ambush for Him, and seeking to catch something out of His mouth, so that they might accuse Him.

But when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher. Then glory shall be to you before those reclining with you.

Therefore watch, for you do not know either the day or the hour in which the Son of Man comes.

And white robes were given to each one of them. And it was said to them that they should rest yet for a little time, until both their fellow servants and their brothers (those about to be killed as they were) should have their number made complete.

Fulfill her week, and we will give you this one also for the service which you shall serve with me still another seven years.

For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.

And four men, lepers, were at the gate entrance. And they said to one another, Why do we sit here until we die?

Do you not know that those who minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? And those attending the altar are partakers with the altar.

While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

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

For by means of a harlot a man comes to a piece of bread; and another man's wife will hunt for the precious life.

And they told David, and he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Stay at Jericho until your beards are grown, and return.

Let us be glad and rejoice and we will give glory to Him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has prepared herself.

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, why should you stir up or awaken my Love until it pleases?

But in the fourth generation they shall come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

Then said Judah to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow at your father's house until Shelah my son is grown. For he said, Lest perhaps he die also, as his brothers did. And Tamar went and lived in her father's house.

And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters. Why will you go with me? Are there yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

And Jehovah said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, in his erring; he is flesh. Yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.

And they put him under guard, so that the mind of Jehovah might be declared to them.

And another of His disciples said to him, Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.

And he said to the elders, You stay here for us until we come again to you. And behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. If any man has any matters to do, let him come to them.

They say, If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him and will be for another man, will he return to her again? Would not that land be greatly defiled? But you play the harlot with many lovers; yet come back to Me, says Jehovah.

His mother said to the servants, Whatever He says to you, do it.

Also you shall not approach to a woman to uncover her nakedness in the impurity of her uncleanness.

For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, lest you should be wise within yourselves; that blindness in part has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the nations has comes in.