32 Bible Verses about Marriage Kjv

Now I command married people, although it is [really] the Lord's command [See. Mark 10:2-12]: A wife should not separate from her husband. [Note: This act implies the intention of pursuing a legal and permanent breach of the marriage relationship by divorce. "Separate" and "divorce" appear to be used interchangeably in this section. See verses 11-15].

But the person who is married is [also] concerned about the affairs of the world [and] how to please his wife,

The husband should fulfill his [marital] duty to his wife, and the wife should do the same thing for her husband.

But if you should marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin girl marries, she has not sinned. Yet those individuals [who do marry] will have troubles in this life, and I want to spare you of that.

Now whose wife will she be in the resurrected state, since all seven of them were married to her?"

I now want to reply to the matters you people wrote me about. It is [a] good [idea] for a man not to get married. [Note: The words "to get married" here are "to touch" in the Greek and probably refer to sexual relations within marriage. This advice, not a prohibition, is further explained in verses 26-35].

But I say this, brothers; there is not much time left [i.e., before the crisis arrives in full fury. See verse 26]. From now on those men who are married should live as though they were single.

For a married woman is legally bound to her husband for as long as he lives. But, when he dies, she is released from the marriage contract.

His disciples [then] said to Jesus, "If this is the way it has to be between a man and his wife, it is not worth getting married."

For in the resurrected state men do not get married, nor are women given away in marriage, but [all] are like angels in heaven.

And the third person said, 'I just got married, so I cannot attend [the supper].'

A wife is bound [i.e., to stay married] for as long as her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to anyone she wants; [but it must be] only in the Lord [i.e., he must be a faithful Christian].

(But if she does separate [from her husband], she should remain unmarried, or else [attempt] a reconciliation with her husband). And a husband should not divorce his wife.

But Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken [in your reasoning], not knowing [what] the Scriptures [teach] or [how much] power God has.

So then, the man who marries his virgin [fiancee] is doing the right thing and the man who does not marry her is doing [even] better.

And the woman with a husband who is an unbeliever, who agrees to continue living with her, should not divorce her husband.

But when the king came in [to the dining hall] to meet the guests, he noticed a man who was not wearing a [proper] wedding outfit.

For in those days before the Flood, people were eating and drinking [i.e., partaking of ordinary meals], men were getting married and women were being given away in marriage [right up] until the day Noah entered the ship.

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

Now go to the main crossroads of the highways and invite everyone you find there to the wedding reception.'

[Now] there were these seven brothers; the first one got married, but when he died he did not leave any children behind.

and the two of them will [then] become one flesh [i.e., united in such a close relationship as to constitute one body], so that [upon becoming husband and wife] they no longer function as two persons but as one body.

You husbands should love your wives and not be harsh toward them.

But if they cannot control their [sexual] desires, they should get married, for it is better [for them] to marry than to burn [i.e., with sexual lust which cannot be legitimately gratified].

For the husband is the [spiritual] head over his wife, just as Christ is also the [spiritual] head over the church, since He is the Savior of the body.

Then on the third day [i.e., since Jesus' conversation with Nathaniel. See 1:47], a wedding took place in Cana in Galilee. [Note: This was a small town near Nazareth]. Jesus' mother was there

Now among our people there were [these] seven brothers; the first one married and [later] died without having any children, leaving his widow to [marry] his brother.

Are you married? [If so], then do not separate [from your mate]. Are you unmarried? [If so], then do not look for a wife.

And Jesus said to them, "The people of this age [i.e., who live on earth] marry and are given away in marriage,

How can you know, [Christian] wife, whether or not you will [be able to] convert your husband? Or how can you know, [Christian] husband, whether or not you will [be able to] convert you wife?

For when people rise from the dead, men do not get married, and women are not given away in marriage, but [all] are like angels in heaven.

People were eating and drinking and [men were] marrying and [women] were being given away in marriage [right up] until the day that Noah entered the ship and the Flood came and drowned them all.