40 Bible Verses about matrimony

and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,

but he that is married is careful for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.

Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.

They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

So then both he that giveth his own virgin daughter in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better.

But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you.

This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church.

Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply ye there, and be not diminished.

But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof.

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

But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband

The disciples say unto him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.

When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be charged with any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he hath taken.

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

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

For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power over his own body, but the wife.

For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? Or how knowest thou, O husband, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

If he take him another wife ; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of Jehovah.

Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?

neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

and Jesus also was bidden, and his disciples, to the marriage.

But when the king came in to behold the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment:

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,

Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.

Let us rejoice and be exceeding glad, and let us give the glory unto him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

to enrol himself with Mary, who was betrothed to him, being great with child.