47 Bible Verses about Waiting Till Marriage

"When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom he has taken.

But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.

and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks.

for it is better to be told, "Come up here," than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.What your eyes have seen

would you therefore wait till they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters, for it is exceedingly bitter to me for your sake that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me."

Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce.

If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.

Please do not depart from here until I come to you and bring out my present and set it before you." And he said, "I will stay till you return."

Turn back, my daughters; go your way, for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say I have hope, even if I should have a husband this night and should bear sons,

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

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

Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them.

"When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him,

Each one should remain in the condition in which he was called.

and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.

but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant

And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin,

For as a young man marries a young woman, so shall your sons marry you, and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.

She replied, "Wait, my daughter, until you learn how the matter turns out, for the man will not rest but will settle the matter today."

"But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment.

lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.

But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you.

Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothersshould be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.

Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also in return for serving me another seven years."

For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.

Now there were four men who were lepersat the entrance to the gate. And they said to one another, "Why are we sitting here until we die?

Do you not know that those who are employed in the temple service get their food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the sacrificial offerings?

As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept.

And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

for the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread, but a married womanhunts down a precious life.

When it was told David, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, "Remain at Jericho until your beards have grown and then return."

Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready;

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.

And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete."

Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow in your father's house, till Shelah my son grows up"--for he feared that he would die, like his brothers. So Tamar went and remained in her father's house.

But Naomi said, "Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb that they may become your husbands?

Then the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years."

And they put him in custody, till the will of the LORD should be clear to them.

Another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."

And he said to the elders, "Wait here for us until we return to you. And behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever has a dispute, let him go to them."

"If a man divorces his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's wife, will he return to her? Would not that land be greatly polluted? You have played the whore with many lovers; and would you return to me? declares the LORD.

His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."

"You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness while she is in her menstrual uncleanness.

Lest you be wise in your own sight, I want you to understand this mystery, brothers:a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.