Bible Verses for Marriage
King James Version (KJV)
Marriage is described in the Bible as a covenant — a sacred, lifelong commitment that reflects the relationship between Christ and the Church. From the very beginning in Genesis 2, God designed marriage to be a source of companionship, love, and mutual support.
These Bible verses for marriage speak to couples at every stage: newlyweds building a foundation, those in difficult seasons, and those seeking to renew their commitment. They offer guidance on love, communication, faithfulness, and the kind of sacrificial love that holds marriages together.
“¶ 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.”
“But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such [cases]: but God hath called us to peace.”
“Nevertheless, [to avoid] fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.”
“Whose adorning let it not be that outward [adorning] of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;”
“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;”
“But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to [her] husband: and let not the husband put away [his] wife.”
“¶ And unto the married I command, [yet] not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from [her] husband:”
“For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.”
“And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.”
“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?”
“But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.”
“I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.”
“¶ The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.”
“Defraud ye not one the other, except [it be] with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.”
“But [let it be] the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, [even the ornament] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.”
“For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save [thy] husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save [thy] wife?”
“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.”
“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.”
“Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.”
“For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.”
“But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:”
“There is difference [also] between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please [her] husband.”
“The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.”
“But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please [his] wife.”