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Bible Verses About Marriage

Bible verses on marriage — love that lasts, husband and wife, weddings.

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  1. 2 Samuel 12:9

    “Why have you despised Yahweh’s word, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.”

  2. 2 Samuel 12:10

    “Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me, and have taken Uriah the Hittite’s wife to be your wife.’”

  3. 2 Samuel 12:15

    “Nathan departed to his house. Yahweh struck the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and it was very sick.”

  4. 2 Samuel 12:24

    “David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her. She bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. Yahweh loved him;”

  5. 1 Kings 2:17

    “He said, “Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you ‘no’), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.””

  6. 1 Kings 2:21

    “She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.””

  7. 1 Kings 4:11

    “Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath, Solomon’s daughter, as wife);”

  8. 1 Kings 4:15

    “Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife);”

  9. 1 Kings 7:8

    “His house where he was to dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the like work. He made also a house for Pharaoh’s daughter (whom Solomon had taken as wife), like this porch.”

  10. 1 Kings 9:16

    “Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, taken Gezer, burned it with fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it for a wedding gift to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.”

  11. 1 Kings 11:19

    “Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him as wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.”

  12. 1 Kings 14:2

    “Jeroboam said to his wife, “Please get up and disguise yourself, so that you won’t be recognized as Jeroboam’s wife. Go to Shiloh. Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, who said that that I would be king over this people.”

  13. 1 Kings 14:4

    “Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to Ahijah’s house. Now Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.”

  14. 1 Kings 14:5

    “Yahweh said to Ahijah, “Behold, Jeroboam’s wife is coming to inquire of you concerning her son; for he is sick. Tell her such and such; for it will be, when she comes in, that she will pretend to be another woman.””

  15. 1 Kings 14:6

    “So when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in at the door, he said, “Come in, Jeroboam’s wife! Why do you pretend to be another? For I am sent to you with heavy news.”

  16. 1 Kings 14:17

    “Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah. As she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.”

  17. 1 Kings 16:31

    “As if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshiped him.”

  18. 1 Kings 21:5

    “But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, “Why is your spirit so sad, that you eat no bread?””

  19. 1 Kings 21:7

    “Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.””

  20. 1 Kings 21:25

    “But there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.”

Frequently asked

Questions about marriage in the Bible

What does the Bible say about marriage?
Ephesians 5:21-33 frames marriage as mutual submission, with Christ's love for the church as the pattern. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 describes the kind of love that marriages need daily. Genesis 2:24 establishes the "one flesh" covenant.
Which Bible verse is best for weddings?
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 is the most-read wedding passage worldwide. Other favourites: Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (a cord of three strands), Colossians 3:14 (love binds everything together).
What is biblical love in marriage?
Biblical marital love is a sustained, deliberate love — not romantic feeling alone. 1 Corinthians 13 lists its working parts: patient, kind, not self-seeking, not easily angered, bearing all things.