47 Bible Verses about Waiting Till Marriage

When a man shall take a new wife, he shall not go out in the war, and nothing shall pass upon him for any word: he shall be free to his house one year, and gladden his wife whom he took.

And if they have not self command, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to be set on fire.

And Jacob will serve for Rachel seven years, and they will be in his eyes as a few days in his loving her.

And ye like men expecting their Lord, when he shall loose from the nuptials; that having come and knocked, they might quickly open to him.

For good to say to thee, Come up hither, rather than humbling thyself before the noble whom thine eye saw.

Will ye wait for them till they shall grow? Will remain shut up for them not to be for a husband? Nay, my daughters, for it is bitter to me greatly for you, that the hand of Jehovah will go forth against me.

Build ye houses and dwell; and plant gardens and eat their fruit:

And if they will learn anything, let them ask their own husbands in the house; for it is shameful for women to speak in the church.

Now thou shalt not depart from here till my coming to thee, and I brought forth my gift and set it before thee. And he will say, I will remain till thy turning back

Turn back, my daughters, therefore; for I grew old from being for a husband. If I said, There is hope to me, also I was this night to a husband, and also I bare sons;

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

And Jacob will love Rachel, and will say, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy daughter the small.

Happy those servants, whom the Lord having come shall find watching; truly I say to you, he will gird himself, and make them recline, and having come he will serve them.

When thou art called to the nuptials, thou shouldest not recline in the first place at table; lest a more honourable than thou be called by him:

Each in the calling which he was called, in this let him remain.

And she a widow of about eighty-four years, who departed not from the temple, with fastings and supplications serving night and day.

And he took to himself his wife, and knew her not till she brought forth her first born son: and be called his name Jesus.

Love is slow to anger, possesses kindness; love envies not; love vaunts not itself, is not puffed up,

And Anna was a prophetess, daughter of flannel, of the tribe of Aser : she advanced in many days, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity;

As a young man will marry a virgin, thy sons shall marry thee: and the bridegroom rejoicing over the bride, thy God will rejoice over thee.

And she will say, Sit, my daughter, till thou shalt know how the word will fall: for the man will not rest till he finished the word this day.

And the king, having come in to behold the reclining, saw there a man not clad with the garment of the wedding:

Laying wait for him, and seeking to seize something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

But when thou art called, having gone, recline in the last place; that when he having called thee come, might say to thee, Friend, mount up higher; then shall honour be to thee beore them reclining with thee.

Watch, therefore, for ye know not the day, neither the hour, in which the Son of man comes.

And to each were given white robes; and it was said to them, that they should rest for a little time, till also their fellowservants be filled up, about to be killed, as also they.

Complete her seven, and we will give to thee also this for work which thou shalt work with me yet other seven years.

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

And there were four men being leprous at the entrance of the gate, and they will say a man to his neighbor, What, shall we sit here till our death?

Do ye not know that they working consecrated things, eat of the temple? they working diligently at the altar, share together with the altar?

And the bridegroom delaying, they all slumbered and slept.

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

For by a woman a harlot, even to a round of bread: and a man's wife will hunt the precious soul.

And they will announce to David, and he will send to meet them, for the men were greatly shamed. And the king will say, Sit down in Jericho till your beards spring up, and turn back

Let us rejoice, and be transported with joy, and let us give glory to him: for the marriage of the Lamb came, and his wife prepared herself.

I adjured you, O daughters of Jerusalem, why will ye awake, and why will ye rouse love till he shall desire?'

And the fourth generation they shall turn back hither: for the crime of the Amorite has not been completed till now.

And Judah will say to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Sit a widow in thy father's house, till Shelah my son shall be great; (for he said, Lest this also shall die as his brethren.) And Tamar will go and will sit in her father's house.

And Naomi will say, Turn back, my daughters: wherefore will ye go with me? are yet to me sons in my bowels, and they were to you for husbands?

And Jehovah will say, My spirit will not forever be low in man, for that he is flesh and his days were one hundred and twenty years.

And they placed him in watch, to declare distinctly to them by the mouth of Jehovah.

And another of his disciples said to him, Lord, permit me first to go and inter my father.

And he said to the old men, Abide for us here, till when we shall turn back to you: and behold, Aaron and Hur with you; whoever having words shall draw near to them.

Saying, If a man shall send away his wife, and she went from him and she was to another man, shall he yet turn back to her? Being defiled, shall not that land be defiled? and thou committedst fornication with many shepherds; and turn back to me, says Jehovah.

His mother says to the servants, Whatever he says to you, do.

And to a woman in the impurity of her uncleanness, thou shalt not come near, to uncover her nakedness.

For I will not ye should not know, brethren, this mystery, lest ye be wise with yourselves; for hardness from part has been to Israel, till the filling up of the nations come in.