20 Bible Verses About Marriage (KJV)
Marriage is Scripture's oldest institution — "therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother... and they shall be one flesh" — and its richest picture of Christ and His church. These twenty verses cover its founding, its duties, and its delight.
“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 (KJV)
“And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.”Genesis 2:18 (KJV)
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;”Ephesians 5:25 (KJV)
“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.”Ephesians 5:31 (KJV)
“Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.”Ephesians 5:33 (KJV)
“Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.”Proverbs 18:22 (KJV)
“Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.”Proverbs 31:10 (KJV)
“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,”1 Corinthians 13:4 (KJV)
“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.”Ecclesiastes 4:9 (KJV)
“And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”Ecclesiastes 4:12 (KJV)
“What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”Mark 10:9 (KJV)
“Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”Hebrews 13:4 (KJV)
“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.”1 Peter 3:7 (KJV)
“Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.”Colossians 3:19 (KJV)
“Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.”Song of Solomon 8:6 (KJV)
“House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.”Proverbs 19:14 (KJV)
“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:”Ruth 1:16 (KJV)
“Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.”Proverbs 5:18 (KJV)
“Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.”Ecclesiastes 9:9 (KJV)
“Can two walk together, except they be agreed?”Amos 3:3 (KJV)
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