Bible Verses About Marriage
Verses about love, commitment, and building a God-centered marriage that lasts.
Marriage is described in Scripture as one of the most beautiful earthly pictures of God's relationship with His people. These Bible verses on marriage speak to couples in every season: newlyweds full of hope, long-married partners who have weathered storms, those struggling through conflict, and those longing for reconciliation. The Bible's vision for marriage is radical — a covenant of self-giving love, patience, and grace. These verses will encourage you to fight for your marriage, to love as Christ loved, and to build something that outlasts both of you.
“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”
Genesis 2:24
More Verses for Marriage
“Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.”
Proverbs 18:22
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;”
Ephesians 5:25
“Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”
Hebrews 13:4
“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.”
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up; Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.”
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.”
Colossians 3:18-19
“For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;”
1 Thessalonians 4:3-4
“Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.”
Proverbs 31:10
“And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female.”
Matthew 19:4
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