Relationships

What the Bible says about marriage

The 10 verses readers most often turn to for this topic, quoted in full from the Berean Standard Bible.

Heb 13:4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Gen 2:24For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

Prov 18:22He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.

1 Pet 3:7Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

Gen 2:18The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”

Eph 5:25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

Prov 19:14Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

Col 3:19Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

Matt 19:4–6Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”

Prov 31:10A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.

These are the verses readers most often turn to for this topic — not a teaching on it. Read each in its chapter.

Sources

The verses of each topic and their order: OpenBible.info topical data, by readers’ votes: OpenBible.info · CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible · Public domain