Bible Verses about “early marriage”

“Nevertheless, [to avoid] fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.”

“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”

“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;”

“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?”

“Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife [see] that she reverence [her] husband.”

“But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.”

“¶ But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of [her] age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.”

“So then he that giveth [her] in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth [her] not in marriage doeth better.”

“So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.”

“Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.”

“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.”

“For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:”

“For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.”

“For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.”

“That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,”

“That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.”

“Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so [let] the wives [be] to their own husbands in every thing.”

“For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.”

“This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.”

“‹Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.›”

“‹And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?›”

“¶ [Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and obtaineth favour of the LORD.”

“And he answered and said unto them, ‹Have ye not read, that he which made› [them] ‹at the beginning made them male and female,›”

“And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, [or] to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people [shall be] my people, and thy God my God:”

“Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, [if ought] but death part thee and me.”

“¶ House and riches [are] the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife [is] from the LORD.”

“I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.”

“And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him [but] a few days, for the love he had to her.”

“And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.”

“¶ When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: [but] he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.”

“I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, until he please.”

“And Laban said, [It is] better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.”