Bible Verses about “love and marriage”
The Bible contains 37 verses about love and marriage across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“‹For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.›”
“¶ 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;”
“Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.”
“Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;”
“Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”
“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;”
“¶ Charity never faileth: but whether [there be] prophecies, they shall fail; whether [there be] tongues, they shall cease; whether [there be] knowledge, it shall vanish away.”
“Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife [see] that she reverence [her] husband.”
“Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with [them] according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.”
“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”
“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these [is] charity.”
“So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.”
“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.”
“And though I have [the gift of] prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.”
“But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.”
“And though I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.”
“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.”
“For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.”
“For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:”
“¶ Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become [as] sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.”
“¶ And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.”
“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.”
“¶ Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price [is] far above rubies.”
“This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.”
“Husbands, love [your] wives, and be not bitter against them.”
“¶ [Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and obtaineth favour of the LORD.”
“And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.”
“And above all these things [put on] charity, which is the bond of perfectness.”
“¶ Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.”
“Let all your things be done with charity.”