40 Bible Verses about matrimony

and the two shall become one flesh; so they are no longer two, but one flesh.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband; for otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

Ask me ever so much bridal payment and gift, and I will give according as you say to me; but give me the girl in marriage.”

For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,

but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth.

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

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”

For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.

they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

So then both he who gives his own virgin daughter in marriage does well, and he who does not give her in marriage will do better.

But if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have trouble in this life, and I am trying to spare you.

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

Take wives and become the fathers of sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there and do not decrease.

But because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband.

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body.

You shall betroth a wife, but another man will violate her; you shall build a house, but you will not live in it; you shall plant a vineyard, but you will not use its fruit.

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

But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband

The disciples *said to Him, “If the relationship of the man with his wife is like this, it is better not to marry.”

“When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out with the army nor be charged with any duty; he shall be free at home one year and shall give happiness to his wife whom he has taken.

Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.

Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

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

For the married woman is bound by law to her husband while he is living; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law concerning the husband.

The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

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

If he takes to himself another woman, he may not reduce her food, her clothing, or her conjugal rights.

“If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged, and lies with her, he must pay a dowry for her to be his wife.

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

No one of illegitimate birth shall enter the assembly of the Lord; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall enter the assembly of the Lord.

Let your fountain be blessed,
And rejoice in the wife of your youth.

and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?

Furthermore, you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor shall you take their daughters for your sons.

and both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding.

“But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes,

And there was a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years and had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready.”

in order to register along with Mary, who was engaged to him, and was with child.