Bible verses about marriage · 12 passages

Marriage is described in Scripture through creation, covenant faithfulness, love, honor, and household life. These passages gather common references about marriage and spouses.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. Love takes no pleasure in evil, but… 1 Corinthians 7:1-40 Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations. But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. The husband should… 1 Peter 3:7 Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered. 2 Corinthians 6:14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? Ephesians 5:22-33 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives… Genesis 2:18 The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.” Genesis 2:24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. Hebrews 13:4 Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers. Matthew 19:2-9 Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them there. Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?” Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the… Proverbs 18:22 He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD. Proverbs 19:14 Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD. Proverbs 21:9 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.