24 Bible Verses about Waiting Till Marriage

But if they have not the gift of continence, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

and ye like men, expecting their master, when he shall return from the marriage; that when he comes and knocks, they may instantly open the door for him.

But if they will learn any thing, let them ask their own husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.

Lo! I stand at the door, and knock: if any person hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and I will sup with him, and he with me.

Blessed are those servants, whom the Master, when he cometh, shall find watchful: verily I say unto you, that he will gird up himself, and make them sit down at table, and come and wait upon them.

When thou art invited of any person to a marriage entertainment, recline not on the principal couch; lest a more honourable personage than thyself be invited by him;

Let every one abide in the calling in which he is called.

though she was now a widow, of about eighty-four years, who departed not from the temple, attending the divine service, with fastings and prayers night and day:

and he knew her not, until she had brought forth her son, the first begotten, and he called his name Jesus.

Love is long-suffering, is kind; love envieth not; love is no vain boaster, is not inflated [with pride],

And there was Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asser: she was far advanced in old age, having lived but seven years with a husband, from her virgin state:

Then the king coming in to look around on the guests, saw there a man who had not put on the wedding garment:

laying snares for him, and seeking to catch hold of something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.

But when thou art invited, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he who invited thee comes, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher; then shalt thou have respect in the presence of those who are seated with thee.

Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour in which the Son of man cometh.

And to each of them were given white robes, and it was told them that they should wait yet a little longer space, until the number of their fellow-servants and their brethren, who should be slain as well as they, should be completed.

For the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ is the head of the church; and is himself the saviour of the body.

Know ye not that they who are employed about the holy things, are fed from the temple? and they who serve at the altar, partake with the altar?

But as the bridegroom stayed long, they all slumbered and slept.

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

Let us rejoice and exult, and give him glory: because the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his bride hath made herself ready.

And another of his disciples said unto him, Permit me first to go and bury my father.

His mother saith to the waiters, Whatsoever he orders you, do it.

For I would not that you should be ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is come on Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.