47 Bible Verses about Waiting Till Marriage

When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be assigned any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.

But if they do not have self-control, let them marry. For it's better to marry than to burn.

Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.

Be like people watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.

for it is better that it be said to you, "Come up here," than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.

would you then wait until they were grown? Would you then refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, for it grieves me much for your sakes, for the hand of the LORD has gone out against me."

'Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat their fruit.

If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a woman to chatter in the church.

Please do not go away, until I come to you, and bring out my present, and lay it before you." He said, "I will wait until you come back."

Go back, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, 'I have hope,' if I should even have a husband tonight, and should also bear sons;

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

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

Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.

"When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, do not sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,

Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.

and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who did not depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings and petitions night and day.

and had no marital relations with her until she had brought forth a son; and he named him Jesus.

Love is patient and is kind; love does not envy. Love does not brag, is not proud,

There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,

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

Then she said, "Wait, my daughter, until you know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest, until he has finished the thing this day."

But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on wedding clothing,

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 he who invited you comes, he may tell you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.

Watch therefore, for you do not know the day nor the hour.

A long white robe was given to each of them. They were told that they should rest yet for a little longer, until their fellow servants and their brothers, who would also be killed even as they were, should complete their course.

Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me yet seven other years."

For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the savior of the body.

Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate. They said one to another, "Why do we sit here until we die?

Do you not know that those who serve around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar?

Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband.

For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

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

Let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let us give the glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready."

I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.

In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full."

Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow in your father's house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;" for he said, "Lest he also die, like his brothers." Tamar went and lived in her father's house.

Naomi said, "Go back, my daughters. Why do you want to go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

The LORD said, "My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred twenty years."

They put him in custody, until the will of the LORD should be declared to them.

And another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."

He said to the elders, "Wait here for us, until we come again to you. Behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever is involved in a dispute can go to them."

"They say, 'If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and become another man's, will he return to her again?' Wouldn't that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me," says the LORD.

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

"'You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.

For I do not desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won't be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,