34 Bible Verses about Marriage

The kingdom of heaven is like a king that made a marriage feast for his son;

But I say to you, Whoever shall put away his wife, unless on account of lewdness, causes her to commit adultery: and whoever marries her that is divorced, commits adultery.

But to the married I give commandment, not I, but the Lord: Let not the wife leave her husband: but if she leave him, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and, let not the husband put away his wife.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife;

Therefore, what God has joined together, let not man put asunder.

Marriage is honorable among all men, and the bed undefiled; but lewd men and adulterers God will judge.

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

I will, therefore, that the younger widows marry, bear children, man age the house, and thus give no occasion to the adversaries to speak reproachfully.

Husbands, love your wives, as the Christ also loved the church, and delivered himself up for it,

Likewise, you husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, bestowing honor on the wife as the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, in order that your prayers may not be hindered.

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Let us rejoice and be glad, and give glory to him: for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.

While they were going to buy, the bridegroom came; and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage supper; and the door was closed.

Know you not that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I, then, take the members of the Christ, and make them the members of a harlot? It must not be. Know you not that he that is joined to a harlot, is one body? For the two, says the scripture, shall be one flesh.

He answered and said to them: Have you not read that the Creator, at the beginning, created them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh? So then, they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let not man put asunder.

But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall be one flesh. So, then, they are no longer two, but one flesh. read more.
Therefore, what God has joined together, let not man put asunder.

So ought men to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself; for no one ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Christ the church: because we are members of his body, being of his flesh, and of his bones. read more.
For this cause a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.

But I say to you, Whoever shall put away his wife, unless on account of lewdness, causes her to commit adultery: and whoever marries her that is divorced, commits adultery.

But to the married I give commandment, not I, but the Lord: Let not the wife leave her husband: but if she leave him, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and, let not the husband put away his wife.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife;

Therefore, what God has joined together, let not man put asunder.

But I say to you, Whoever shall put away his wife, unless on account of lewdness, causes her to commit adultery: and whoever marries her that is divorced, commits adultery.

But to the married I give commandment, not I, but the Lord: Let not the wife leave her husband: but if she leave him, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and, let not the husband put away his wife.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife;

Therefore, what God has joined together, let not man put asunder.

Marriage is honorable among all men, and the bed undefiled; but lewd men and adulterers God will judge.

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

I will, therefore, that the younger widows marry, bear children, man age the house, and thus give no occasion to the adversaries to speak reproachfully.

Let us rejoice and be glad, and give glory to him: for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready. And to her was given that she should be clothed in fine linen, clean arid white; for the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints. And he said to me: Write, Blessed are they that are called to the marriage-supper of the Lamb. And he said to me: These are the true words of God.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands as to the Lord:

Wives, be subject to your husbands, as it is becoming in the Lord.

Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me, it is good for a man not to touch a woman. But, to avoid lewd practices, let every man have his own wife, and every woman her own husband. Let the husband render to the wife that which is due, and likewise, also, the wife to the husband.

Likewise, you wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they may, without the word, be won by the conduct of their wives, by observing your blameless and reverential conduct. Let not your adorning be that which is outward, which consists in plaiting the hair, and wearing gold, and putting on apparel: read more.
but let it be the hidden man of the heart, adorned with the incorruptible ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which, in the sight of God, is of great price. For, in former times, the holy women also, who trusted in God, thus adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: and you are her children, if you do good, and fear no dismay.

saying: Teacher, Moses commanded, If any one die without children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up children for his brother.

saying: Teacher, Moses wrote for us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up children for his brother.

But I say to you, That whoever puts away his wife, unless for lewdness, and marries another, commits adultery; and he that marries her that is put away, commits adultery.

It has been said: Whoever will put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce. But I say to you, Whoever shall put away his wife, unless on account of lewdness, causes her to commit adultery: and whoever marries her that is divorced, commits adultery.

And he said to them: Whoever puts away his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her; and if a woman puts away her husband, and is married to another, she commits adultery.

Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery: and whoever marries her that is divorced, commits adultery.

Know you not, brethren, for I speak to you that are acquainted with law, that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives? For the woman that has a husband, is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives: but if her husband die, she is loosed from the law of her husband. So then, if, while her husband lives, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress. But if her husband die, she is free from the law; so that she is not an adulteress, though she be married to another man.

I will, therefore, that the younger widows marry, bear children, man age the house, and thus give no occasion to the adversaries to speak reproachfully.

But, to avoid lewd practices, let every man have his own wife, and every woman her own husband.

But if you should marry, you would not sin. And if a virgin should marry, she would not sin. But such will have affliction in the flesh. But I spare you.

saying: Teacher, Moses commanded, If any one die without children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up children for his brother.

There was, in the days of Herod the king of Judea, a certain priest, named Zachariah, of the class of Abijah; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Eliza beth.

to a virgin be trothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary.

And the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came to him, and put a question to him, saying: Teacher, Moses wrote for us, If any man's brother die, and leave a wife, and leave no children, his brother shall take his wife, and raise up children for his brother. Now there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and dying, left no child; read more.
and the second took her, and he died, and left no child; and the third, likewise; and the seven took her, and left no child. Last of all, the woman also died. Therefore, in the resurrection, when they rise, of which of them shall she be the wife? for the seven had her as a wife. And Jesus answered and said to them: Do you not err for this reason, because you know not the scriptures, nor the power of God? For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels in heaven. But concerning the dead, that they do rise, have you not read in the book of Moses, at The Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. Therefore, you do greatly err.

On that day there came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection; and they put a question to him, saying: Teacher, Moses commanded, If any one die without children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up children for his brother. Now there were with us seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and died; and, having no child, left his wife to his brother. read more.
In like manner also the second, and the third, to the seventh. Last of all, the woman also died. Therefore, in the resurrection, of which of the seven will she be the wife? for they all had her. Jesus answered and said to them: You err, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. But, concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying: I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

Then there came to him some of the Sadducees, (these deny that there is any resurrection,) and asked him, saying: Teacher, Moses wrote for us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up children for his brother. There were, therefore, seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and died without children; read more.
and the second took his wife, and he died without children; and the third took her; and in like manner also the seven; and they left no children, and died. Last of all, the woman also died. Therefore, in the resurrection, of which of them shall she be the wife? for the seven had her as a wife. And Jesus answered and said to them: The children of this age marry, and are given in marriage. But those who shall be accounted worthy to attain that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage. For they can die no more; for they are like the angels, and are the sons of God, being the sons of the resurrection. But: that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at The Bush, since he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. He is not a God of the dead, but of the living; for all live to him.

For the woman that has a husband, is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives: but if her husband die, she is loosed from the law of her husband. So then, if, while her husband lives, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress. But if her husband die, she is free from the law; so that she is not an adulteress, though she be married to another man.

So then, they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let not man put asunder.

The wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband die, she is free to be married to whom she will, only in the Lord.

The kingdom of heaven is like a king that made a marriage feast for his son; and sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the marriage feast; and they refused to come.

And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man that had not put on a wedding-robe. And he said to him, Friend, how came you in hither without a wedding-robe? And he was silent.

But with respect to virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment as one that is enabled, by the mercy of the Lord, to be faithful. I think, then, that this is good for the present affliction that it is good for a man to be as he is. Are you bound to a wife? Seek not a separation. Are you loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife. read more.
But if you should marry, you would not sin. And if a virgin should marry, she would not sin. But such will have affliction in the flesh. But I spare you. Now, this I say, brethren, the time is fraught with trials. It remains that those who have wives be as though they had them not; and those who weep, as though they wept not; and those who rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those who buy, as though they possessed not: and those who use this world, as not abusing it; for the outward show of this world passes away. But I would have you to be without anxiety. The unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord: but he that is married, is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife. There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy in body and in spirit; but she that is married, is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband. I speak this for your own profit; not that I would entangle you, but that you may decorously and devotedly wait upon the Lord, without distraction. But if any man thinks he would treat his virgin daughter amiss, should she pass the bloom of life, and it is necessary that it should be so, let him do as he pleases, he does not sin; let them (the suitor and the daughter) marry. But he that stands firm in his purpose, having no necessity to give his daughter in marriage, but has liberty with respect to his own will, and has thus decided in his own heart, that he will keep his daughter a virgin, does well. So then, even he that gives her in marriage, does well; but he that gives her not in marriage, does better.

But this I say by permission, not by commandment: for I could wish that all men were even as I am myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this way, another in that. But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It would be good for them, if they remain as I myself. read more.
But if they can not be continent, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.

Know you not, brethren, for I speak to you that are acquainted with law, that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives? For the woman that has a husband, is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives: but if her husband die, she is loosed from the law of her husband. So then, if, while her husband lives, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress. But if her husband die, she is free from the law; so that she is not an adulteress, though she be married to another man.

The wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband die, she is free to be married to whom she will, only in the Lord. But she is happier, in my judgment, if she remains as she is; and I think that I have, also, the Spirit of God.

Great is this mystery; but I speak of Christ and of the church.

for the husband is the head of the wife, as the Christ also is the head of the church; and he is the savior of the body. But as the church is subject to the Christ, so, also, let the wives be subject to their own husbands in every thing.

They said to him: Why, then, did Moses command us to give a bill of divorce and put her away? He said to them: Moses, on account of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.

saying: Teacher, Moses commanded, If any one die without children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up children for his brother.

If any one comes to me, and hates not his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and his own life also, he can not be my disciple.

And every one that has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundred fold, and shall inherit eternal life. But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.

He that has the bride, is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly on account of the voice of the bridegroom. This, my joy, is therefore complete.

Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me, it is good for a man not to touch a woman. But, to avoid lewd practices, let every man have his own wife, and every woman her own husband.

Jesus answered and said to them: You err, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

And Jesus answered and said to them: Do you not err for this reason, because you know not the scriptures, nor the power of God? For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels in heaven.

He that has the bride, is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly on account of the voice of the bridegroom. This, my joy, is therefore complete.

But with respect to virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment as one that is enabled, by the mercy of the Lord, to be faithful. I think, then, that this is good for the present affliction that it is good for a man to be as he is. Are you bound to a wife? Seek not a separation. Are you loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife. read more.
But if you should marry, you would not sin. And if a virgin should marry, she would not sin. But such will have affliction in the flesh. But I spare you. Now, this I say, brethren, the time is fraught with trials. It remains that those who have wives be as though they had them not; and those who weep, as though they wept not; and those who rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those who buy, as though they possessed not: and those who use this world, as not abusing it; for the outward show of this world passes away. But I would have you to be without anxiety. The unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord: but he that is married, is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife. There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy in body and in spirit; but she that is married, is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband. I speak this for your own profit; not that I would entangle you, but that you may decorously and devotedly wait upon the Lord, without distraction. But if any man thinks he would treat his virgin daughter amiss, should she pass the bloom of life, and it is necessary that it should be so, let him do as he pleases, he does not sin; let them (the suitor and the daughter) marry. But he that stands firm in his purpose, having no necessity to give his daughter in marriage, but has liberty with respect to his own will, and has thus decided in his own heart, that he will keep his daughter a virgin, does well. So then, even he that gives her in marriage, does well; but he that gives her not in marriage, does better.

But to the married I give commandment, not I, but the Lord: Let not the wife leave her husband: but if she leave him, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and, let not the husband put away his wife. But to the rest, I, and not the Lord, say: If any brother has a wife that believes not, and she is well pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. read more.
And if any woman has a husband that believes not, and he is well pleased to dwell with her, let her not put him away. For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; for if not, then are your children unclean; but now they are holy. But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart; the brother or sister is not bound in such cases. But God has called us to live in peace. For how do you know, wife, but that you may save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, but that you may save your wife?

Let the husband render to the wife that which is due, and likewise, also, the wife to the husband. The wife has not power over her own body, but the husband; likewise, also, the husband has not power over his own body, but the wife. Debar not one another, unless by agreement for a time, that you may have leisure for prayer; and come together again, lest Satan tempt you through your incontinence.

The wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband die, she is free to be married to whom she will, only in the Lord.

But, to avoid lewd practices, let every man have his own wife, and every woman her own husband.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands as to the Lord: for the husband is the head of the wife, as the Christ also is the head of the church; and he is the savior of the body. But as the church is subject to the Christ, so, also, let the wives be subject to their own husbands in every thing. read more.
Husbands, love your wives, as the Christ also loved the church, and delivered himself up for it, that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the bath of water through the word, in order that he might present it to himself a glorious church, having neither stain, nor wrinkle, nor any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. So ought men to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself; for no one ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Christ the church: because we are members of his body, being of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh. Great is this mystery; but I speak of Christ and of the church. But yet, let each one of you so love his wife as himself; and let the wife see that she reverence her husband.

So ought men to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself; for no one ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Christ the church:

The kingdom of heaven is like a king that made a marriage feast for his son;

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bride-groom. Five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Those who were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: read more.
but the wise took oil in their vessels, with their lamps. While the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight a cry was made: Behold, the bridegroom comes! Go you out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil, for our lamps are going out. But the wise answered, saying: Lest there may not be enough for us and you, go rather to those who sell, and buy for your selves. While they were going to buy, the bridegroom came; and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage supper; and the door was closed.

But Jesus Christ was begotten thus: After his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they had come together, she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit.

to a virgin be trothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary.

for I could wish that all men were even as I am myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this way, another in that. But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It would be good for them, if they remain as I myself.

Brethren, let every one, in whatever condition he is called, abide in this with God. But with respect to virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment as one that is enabled, by the mercy of the Lord, to be faithful. I think, then, that this is good for the present affliction that it is good for a man to be as he is. read more.
Are you bound to a wife? Seek not a separation. Are you loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife. But if you should marry, you would not sin. And if a virgin should marry, she would not sin. But such will have affliction in the flesh. But I spare you. Now, this I say, brethren, the time is fraught with trials. It remains that those who have wives be as though they had them not; and those who weep, as though they wept not; and those who rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those who buy, as though they possessed not: and those who use this world, as not abusing it; for the outward show of this world passes away. But I would have you to be without anxiety. The unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord: but he that is married, is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife. There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy in body and in spirit; but she that is married, is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband. I speak this for your own profit; not that I would entangle you, but that you may decorously and devotedly wait upon the Lord, without distraction. But if any man thinks he would treat his virgin daughter amiss, should she pass the bloom of life, and it is necessary that it should be so, let him do as he pleases, he does not sin; let them (the suitor and the daughter) marry. But he that stands firm in his purpose, having no necessity to give his daughter in marriage, but has liberty with respect to his own will, and has thus decided in his own heart, that he will keep his daughter a virgin, does well. So then, even he that gives her in marriage, does well; but he that gives her not in marriage, does better. The wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband die, she is free to be married to whom she will, only in the Lord. But she is happier, in my judgment, if she remains as she is; and I think that I have, also, the Spirit of God.

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bride-groom. Five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Those who were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: read more.
but the wise took oil in their vessels, with their lamps. While the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight a cry was made: Behold, the bridegroom comes! Go you out to meet him.

And he said to him, Friend, how came you in hither without a wedding-robe? And he was silent.

So then, they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let not man put asunder.

Marriage is honorable among all men, and the bed undefiled; but lewd men and adulterers God will judge.

Marriage is honorable among all men, and the bed undefiled; but lewd men and adulterers God will judge.

And on the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there. And both Jesus and his disciples were invited to the marriage. And the wine having failed, the mother of Jesus said to him: They have no wine. read more.
Jesus said to her: Woman, what have I to do with you? my hour has not yet come. His mother said to the servants: Whatever he says to you, do.