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Bible Verses About Marriage - Marriage is a sacred vow between a man and woman and the Bible offers many verses that offer guidance for married couples, husbands, wives, newlyweds and engagement. Read verses from the Holy Bible about marriage in relation to God, Jesus Christ, and the Christian faith. Use our Bible verses by topic page which lists popular verses from the Old and New Testaments.

Genesis 2:22-24 Then the LORD God made a

woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman, ' for she was taken out of man." For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. Read Genesis 2 | View in parallel | Compare

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Proverbs 5:18-19 May your fountain be blessed,

and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. A loving doe, a graceful deer-- may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love. Read Proverbs 5 | View in
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Proverbs 12:4 A wife of noble character is her

husband's crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones. Read Proverbs 12 | View in parallel | Compare Translations Proverbs 18:22 He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD. Read Proverbs 18 | View
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Proverbs 19:14 Houses and wealth are inherited

from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD. Read
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Proverbs 20:6-7 Many a man claims to have

unfailing love, but a faithful man who can find? The righteous man leads a blameless life; blessed are his children after him. Read Proverbs 20 | View in parallel | Compare Translations Proverbs 30:18-19 "There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a maiden. Read Proverbs 30 | View in parallel | Compare Translations Proverbs 31:10 A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Read Proverbs 31 | View
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Deuteronomy 24:5 If a man has recently married,

he must not be sent to war or have any other duty laid on him. For one year he is to be free to stay at home and bring happiness to the wife he has married. Read Deuteronomy
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Matthew 19:4-6 "Haven't you read," he replied, "that

at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh' ? So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." Read Matthew 19 | View in
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1 Corinthians 7:1-16 Now for the matters you

wrote about: It is good for a man not to marry. But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife's body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband's body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife. Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of selfcontrol. I say this as a concession, not as a command. I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that. Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I am. But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion. To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife. To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. But if the unbeliever leaves, let him do so. A believing man or woman is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace. How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife? Read 1 Corinthians
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Ephesians 5:22-23 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. Read Ephesians 5 | View in parallel | Compare Translations Colossians 3:18-19 Wives, submit to your

husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. Read Colossians 3 | View in
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Hebrews 13:4-7 Marriage should be honored by all,

and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral. Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?" Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. Read Hebrews 13 | View in
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Mark 10:6-9 "But at the beginning of creation God

'made them male and female.' 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." Read Mark 10 | View in parallel | Compare Translations
he earliest use of the English word marriage dates back to the 13 th century [1]. Marriage by Gods design is the union of one man and one woman (Genesis 2:18). Some say that it is the ceremony (wedding) that makes the man and woman married; Gods word tells us that it is the joining of flesh that makes the marriage (Genesis 2:24). Here are twenty great Scripture quotes about marriage.

Hosea 2:19 And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy.

Gods Plan for Marriage

Genesis 1:27-28 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth. Let marriage be held in honor among all Genesis 2:21-25 So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. Malachi 2:14,15 But you say, Why does he not? Because the LORD was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though

she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 1 Corinthians 7:2 But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. Hebrews 13:4 Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

Children Given for Marriage

Genesis 29:22,23 So Laban gathered together all the people of the place and made a feast. But in the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob, and he went in to her. Judges 1:12 And Caleb said, He who attacks Kiriath -sepher and captures it, I will give him Achsah my daughter for a wife. And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Calebs younger brother, captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter for a wife. 1 Samuel 17:25 And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel. And the king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches and will give him his daughter and make his fathers house free in Israel. 1 Samuel 18:20,21 Now Sauls daughter Michal loved David. And they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. Saul thought, Let me give her to him, that she may be a snare for him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David a second time, You shall now be my son -in-law.

Popular Bible Marriages/Weddings

Genesis 24:67 Then Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mothers death. 1 Samuel 25:40-42 When the servants of David came to Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife. And she rose and bowed with her face to the ground and said, Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord. And Abigail hurried and rose and mounted a donkey, and her five young women attended her. She followed the messengers of David and became his wife. Ruth 4:13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And he went in to her, and the LORD gave her conception, and she bore a son. Esther 2:16-18 And when Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign, the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. Then the king gave a great feast for all his officials and servants; it was Esthers feast. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces and gave gifts with royal generosity. Luke 2:4,5 (KJV) And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. John 2:1,2 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples.

What the Earthly Marriage Symbolizes

Isaiah 54:5 For your Maker is your husband, the LORD of hosts is his name; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth he is called. Ephesians 5:23,24,32 For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. This mystery is

profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. Revelation 19:7-9 Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. And the angel said to me, Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said to me, These are the true words of God. Revelation 21:9-14 Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. It had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribedon the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. Read more: http://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/bible-verses-aboutmarriage-20-great-scripture-quotes/#ixzz2eUpqP1Kr

The Bible has a lot to say about the topic of marriage. In times of struggle or dispute between a husband and a wife it can be an encouragement to seek the Bible for answers. Here are 10 Bible verses about marriage: #1 Encouraging Bible verses about Marriage Genesis 2:18 (New International Version) The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."
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#2 Encouraging Bible verse about Marriage Ephesians 4:2-3 (New International Version) Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
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#3 Encouraging Bible verse about Marriage 2 Corinthians 6:14-15 (New International Version) Do Not Be Yoked With Unbelievers 14Do not be yoked together with

unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? #4 Encouraging Bible verse about Marriage Proverbs 17:14 (New International Version) Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.
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#5 Encouraging Bible verse about Marriage 1 Peter 3:1-6 (New International Version) 1 Peter 3Wives and Husbands 1Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, 2when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. 3Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. 4Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight. 5For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their own husbands, 6like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear. #6 Encouraging Bible verse about Marriage Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (New International Version) Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work:
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If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!
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Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone?
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Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves.

 A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. #7 Encouraging Bible verse about Marriage Philippians 2:2 (New International Version) then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.
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#8 Encouraging Bible verse about Marriage Proverbs 5:18-19 (New International Version) May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
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A loving doe, a graceful deer'" may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love.
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#9 Encouraging Bible verse about Marriage Proverbs 19:14 (New International Version) Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
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#10 Encouraging Bible verse about Marriage 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (New International Version) Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
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Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
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When you seek guidance in your marriage from God his holy word will make your marriage far better than you attempting to guide your own marriage!