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Bible Verses About Marriage

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

5 verses · curated by hand

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

"Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud, doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."

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Song of Solomon 8:6

"Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh."

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Genesis 2:18

"Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”"

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Song of Solomon 2:16

"My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies."

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Ephesians 5:25

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

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From the wider Bible

More verses about marriage in Scripture

384 passages mentioning “wife” across WEB & KJV — beyond the curated set above.

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  1. Genesis 26:10

    “Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us!””

  2. Genesis 26:11

    “Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.””

  3. Genesis 26:34

    “When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite.”

  4. Genesis 27:46

    “Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?””

  5. Genesis 28:1

    “Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.”

  6. Genesis 28:2

    “Arise, go to Paddan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father. Take a wife from there from the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.”

  7. Genesis 28:6

    “Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan Aram, to take him a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a command, saying, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan,””

  8. Genesis 28:9

    “Esau went to Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.”

  9. Genesis 29:21

    “Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.””

  10. Genesis 29:28

    “Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife.”

  11. Genesis 30:4

    “She gave him Bilhah her servant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.”

  12. Genesis 30:9

    “When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her servant, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.”

  13. Genesis 34:4

    “Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, “Get me this young lady as a wife.””

  14. Genesis 34:8

    “Hamor talked with them, saying, “The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.”

  15. Genesis 34:12

    “Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife.””

  16. Genesis 35:17

    “When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for now you will have another son.””

  17. Genesis 36:10

    “these are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz, the son of Adah, the wife of Esau; and Reuel, the son of Basemath, the wife of Esau.”

  18. Genesis 36:12

    “Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau’s son; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek. These are the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife.”

  19. Genesis 36:13

    “These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.”

  20. Genesis 36:14

    “These were the sons of Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: she bore to Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.”

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.