Bible Verses About Marriage

2 Chronicles 8:11

“Solomon brought up Pharaoh’s daughter out of David’s city to the house that he had built for her; for he said, “My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places where Yahweh’s ark has come are holy.””

2 Chronicles 11:18

“Rehoboam took a wife for himself, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse.”

2 Chronicles 21:6

“He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did Ahab’s house; for he had Ahab’s daughter as his wife. He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight.”

2 Chronicles 22:11

“But Jehoshabeath, the king’s daughter, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stealthily rescued him from among the king’s sons who were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bedroom. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah, so that she didn’t kill him.”

2 Chronicles 25:18

“Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as his wife. Then a wild animal that was in Lebanon passed by, and trampled down the thistle.”

2 Chronicles 34:22

“So Hilkiah, and they whom the king had commanded, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter), and they spoke to her to that effect.”

Ezra 2:61

“Of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, and the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.”

Nehemiah 2:6

“The king said to me (the queen was also sitting by him), “How long will your journey be? When will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time for he.”

Nehemiah 6:18

“For there were many in Judah sworn to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah as wife.”

Nehemiah 7:63

“Of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.”

Esther 5:10

“Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home. There, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife.”

Esther 5:14

“Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet.” This pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.”

Esther 6:13

“Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him.””

Job 2:9

“Then his wife said to him, “Do you still maintain your integrity? Renounce God, and die.””

Job 19:17

“My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.”

Job 31:10

“then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.”

Psalms 109:9

“Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.”

Psalms 128:3

“Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of your house; your children like olive plants, around your table.”

Proverbs 5:18

“Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.”

Proverbs 6:24

“to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.”