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BIBLE VERSES · MARRIAGE

Bible verses about
marriage

The Bible holds marriage as a covenant — two becoming one, a picture of faithful, sacrificial love. It calls husbands and wives to honor, serve, and cherish one another. These King James verses gather Scripture’s vision for marriage.

12 verses about marriage (KJV)

  1. Genesis 2:24

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

  2. Ephesians 5:25

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

  3. Ephesians 5:33

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

  4. Mark 10:9

    What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

  5. 1 Corinthians 13:4

    Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

  6. Proverbs 18:22

    Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.

  7. Colossians 3:19

    Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

  8. Ecclesiastes 4:9

    Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

  9. Ecclesiastes 4:12

    And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

  10. Hebrews 13:4

    Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

  11. 1 Peter 3:7

    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.

  12. 1 Corinthians 7:3

    Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

Questions, answered plainly

What does the Bible say about marriage?

The Bible describes marriage as a one-flesh union: "they shall be one flesh" (Genesis 2:24), joined by God — "What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder" (Mark 10:9). It calls husbands to "love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church" (Ephesians 5:25).

What does the Bible say a good marriage looks like?

Scripture pictures marriage marked by sacrificial love, honor, and faithfulness (Ephesians 5:25, 33; Hebrews 13:4), with each partner serving the other (1 Corinthians 7:3) and patient, kind love at its heart (1 Corinthians 13:4).

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