12 Bible Verses about Design Of Marriage

This is the reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife. They will become one flesh.

You will know I sent this commandment to you! This way my covenant with Levi will continue, said Jehovah of Hosts.

Jehovah God said: It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.

God blessed them and said to them: Be fruitful and increase in number. Fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and dominate the birds of the air. Have dominion over every living creature that moves on the ground.

God blessed Noah and his sons. He said: Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.

Did God make you one? Your flesh and spirit belong to him. What does God look for but godly descendants? Do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

And I will put enmity (hostility) (hatred) between you and the woman, and between your offspring (seed) and hers. He will bruise (overwhelm) (crush) you in the head, and you will bruise (overwhelm) (crush) him in the heel. (Romans 16:20)

Adam had sexual intercourse with his wife Eve. She became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said: With the help of Jehovah I have brought forth a man.

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for reviling.

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

The wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. If her husband dies, she is free to marry whom she wishes, only in the Lord.