47 Bible Verses about Marriage Between Man And Woman

But the one who is married cares for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

and he is divided. And the unmarried woman or the virgin cares for the things of the Lord, in order that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But the married woman cares for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

The wife does not have authority over her own body, but her husband [does]. And likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but his wife [does].

The disciples said to him, "If this is the case of a man with his wife, it would be better not to marry!"

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

"When a man takes a new wife he shall not go out with the army, and {he shall not be obligated with anything}; he shall be free from obligation, {to stay at home} for one year, and he shall bring joy [to] his wife that he took.

And if any wife has an unbelieving husband and he consents to live with her, she must not divorce her husband.

A man may not take the wife of his father, and [so] {he may not dishonor his father}.

Now concerning [the things] about which you wrote: "[It is] good for a man not to touch a woman."

The husband must fulfill his obligation to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

To the married I command--not I, but the Lord--a wife must not separate from [her] husband.

"If a man takes a woman and {he has sex with her}, but [he] then {dislikes her},

In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her [as wife]."

because [the] husband is [the] head of the wife, as also Christ [is the] head of the church (he himself [being the] Savior of the body).

and the two will become one flesh,' so that they are no longer two but one flesh.

And another said, 'I have married a wife, and for this [reason] I am not able to come.'

A wife is bound for as long a time [as] her husband lives. But if her husband {dies}, she is free to marry whomever she wishes, only in the Lord.

Now there were seven brothers with us. And the first died [after] getting married, and [because he] did not have descendants, he left his wife to his brother.

For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

But if you marry, you have not sinned, and if the virgin marries, she has not sinned. But such people will have affliction in the flesh, and I would spare you.

For the married woman is bound by law to [her] husband while he lives, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of the husband.

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

" 'If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and he lies with her, he surely will give her bride price {to have her as his wife}.

saying, "Teacher, Moses said if someone dies without having children, his brother is to marry his wife and {father} descendants for his brother.

But you ask, "{For what reason}?" Because Yahweh stands as a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have been unfaithful, even though she [is] your marriage partner and {your wife by covenant}.

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

All of these had married foreign wives, and some from among the wives bore children.

and she goes from his house, and she goes [out] and becomes [a wife] {for another man},

And Jesus said to them, "The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage,

If he takes for himself another, he will not reduce her food, her clothing, or her right of cohabitation.

But if the man [does] not want to take his sister-in-law, then his sister-in-law shall go up to the gate, to the elders, and she shall say, 'My brother-in-law refused {to perpetuate his brother's name} in Israel, [for] he is not willing {to marry me}.'

And [then] the father of the young woman shall say to the elders, 'I gave my daughter to this man as wife, but he [now] {dislikes} her,

Then the sons of God saw the daughters of humankind, that they [were] beautiful. And they took for themselves wives from all that they chose.

Only you also, each one [of you], must thus love his own wife as himself, and the wife {must respect} her husband.

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall cling to his wife, and they shall be as one flesh.

But if indeed she does separate, she must remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce [his] wife.

And who [is] the man who got engaged to a woman and [has] not married her? Let him go and let him return to his house, so that he does not die in battle and {another man} marries her.'

And you must not take [as wife] a woman with her sister, to be a rival-wife, to expose her nakedness before her {during} her life.

"When brothers dwell together and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the deceased shall not become the wife of a {man of another family}; her brother-in-law {shall have sex with her}, and he shall take her {to himself} as wife, and he shall perform his duty as brother-in-law [with respect to] her.

(This mystery is great, but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.)

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother, since otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

" 'And he himself must take a wife in her virginity.

"When a man takes a wife and he marries her {and then} {she does not please him}, because he found {something objectionable} and writes her a letter of divorce and puts [it] in her hand and sends her [away] from his house,

{Make the bride price and gift as high as you like}; I will give what you say to me. But give me the girl as a wife."

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

But if they become wives to one of the sons from [another] tribe of the {Israelites}, their inheritance will disappear from the inheritance of our ancestors, and it will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong; the lot of our inheritance would disappear.

then {the man who lay with her} shall give to the father of the young woman fifty [shekels] of silver, and she shall become {his wife} {because} he violated her, and he is not allowed to divorce her {during his lifetime}.