9 Bible Verses about Young Marriage

But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

For as a young man marries a virgin,
So your sons will marry you;
And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
So your God will rejoice over you.

Let your fountain be blessed,
And rejoice in the wife of your youth.

“When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out with the army nor be charged with any duty; he shall be free at home one year and shall give happiness to his wife whom he has taken.

Ask me ever so much bridal payment and gift, and I will give according as you say to me; but give me the girl in marriage.”

Yet you say, ‘For what reason?’ Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

“If a man finds a girl who is a virgin, who is not engaged, and seizes her and lies with her and they are discovered,

Therefore, I want younger widows to get married, bear children, keep house, and give the enemy no occasion for reproach;

Then he said, “May you be blessed of the Lord, my daughter. You have shown your last kindness to be better than the first by not going after young men, whether poor or rich.