22 Bible Verses about Waiting Till Marriage

But, if they have not continency let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.

and yourselves like men waiting for their lord, when he shall return from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may straightway open to him.

And, if they wish to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is a shame for a wife to speak in an assembly.

"Behold, I stand at the door, and knock; if anyone hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me.

Happy are those servants, whom their lord, when coming, shall find watching! Verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and make them recline; and, coming near, he will serve them.

"When you are bidden by any one to a marriage feast, sit not on the first seat, lest possibly a more honorable man than you may have been invited by him;

Let each one abide in that calling in which he was called.

and he knew her not, until she brought forth a Son, and he called His name Jesus.

Love suffers long, is kind; love envies not; love vaunts not herself, is not puffed up,

"And he saw there a man not having on a wedding-garment;

lying in wait for Him, to catch something out of His mouth.

But, when you are invited, going, sit in the lowest place, that, when he who invited you comes, he may say to you, 'Friend, go up higher;' then you will have glory in the presence of all who are reclining at table with you;

Watch, therefore, because ye know not the day, nor the hour!

And a white robe was given to each one of them; and it was said to them, that they should rest yet a little time, until their fellow-servants and their brethren, who were about to be slain, as they also had been, should fulfill their course.

because a husband is head of the wife, as Christ also is Head of the assembly; Himself the Savior of the body.

Know ye not that those who are occupied upon sacred things eat of the things of the temple? and that those who wait at the altar partake with the altar?

Now, the bridegroom tarrying, they all became drowsy, and were sleeping;

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

Let us rejoice, and exult, and give the glory to Him; because the marriage of the Lamb came, and His wife made herself ready."

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

His mother says to the servants, "Whatsoever He saith to you, do."

For I do not wish you, brethren, to be ignorant of this mystery (lest ye be wise in your own conceits), that a hardening, in part, has befallen Israel, until the fulness of the gentiles come in;