47 Bible Verses about Marriage Between Man And Woman

But a married man is concerned about the things of the world, how to please his wife,

and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, to be holy both in body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world, how to please her husband.

It is not the wife who has the rights to her own body, but the husband. In the same way, it is not the husband who has the rights to his own body, but the wife.

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

But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband.

When a man is newly married, he need not go into the army nor be obligated in any way; he must be free to stay at home for a full year and bring joy to the wife he has married.

And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is happy to live with her, she should not divorce him.

A man may not marry his father's former wife and in this way dishonor his father.

Now with regard to the issues you wrote about: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman."

A husband should give to his wife her sexual rights, and likewise a wife to her husband.

To the married I give this command -- not I, but the Lord -- a wife should not divorce a husband

Suppose a man marries a woman, has sexual relations with her, and then rejects her,

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

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 they are no longer two, but one flesh.

Another said, 'I just got married, and I cannot come.'

A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes (only someone in the Lord).

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children he left his wife to his brother.

For how do you know, wife, whether you will bring your husband to salvation? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will bring your wife to salvation?

But if you marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face difficult circumstances, and I am trying to spare you such problems.

For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of the marriage.

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

"If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and has sexual relations with her, he must surely endow her to be his wife.

"Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and father children for his brother.'

Yet you ask, "Why?" The Lord is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young, to whom you have become unfaithful even though she is your companion and wife by law.

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

All these had taken foreign wives, and some of them also had children by these women.

When she has left him she may go and become someone else's wife.

So Jesus said to them, "The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.

If he takes another wife, he must not diminish the first one's food, her clothing, or her marital rights.

But if the man does not want to marry his brother's widow, then she must go to the elders at the town gate and say, "My husband's brother refuses to preserve his brother's name in Israel; he is unwilling to perform the duty of a brother-in-law to me!"

The young woman's father must say to the elders, "I gave my daughter to this man and he has rejected her.

the sons of God saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose.

Nevertheless, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.

(but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife.

Or who among you has become engaged to a woman but has not married her? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else marry her."

You must not take a woman in marriage and then marry her sister as a rival wife while she is still alive, to have sexual intercourse with her.

If brothers live together and one of them dies without having a son, the dead man's wife must not remarry someone outside the family. Instead, her late husband's brother must go to her, marry her, and perform the duty of a brother-in-law.

This mystery is great -- but I am actually speaking with reference to Christ and the church.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified because of the wife, and the unbelieving wife because of her husband. Otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

He must take a wife who is a virgin.

If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something offensive in her, then he may draw up a divorce document, give it to her, and evict her from his house.

You can make the bride price and the gift I must bring very expensive, and I'll give whatever you ask of me. Just give me the young woman as my wife!"

Since Jacob had fallen in love with Rachel, he said, "I'll serve you seven years in exchange for your younger daughter Rachel."

Now if they should be married to one of the men from another Israelite tribe, their inheritance would be taken from the inheritance of our fathers and added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry. As a result, it will be taken from the lot of our inheritance.

The man who has raped her must pay her father fifty shekels of silver and she must become his wife because he has violated her; he may never divorce her as long as he lives.