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Bible Verses About Marriage

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

5 verses · curated by hand

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More verses about marriage in Scripture

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

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  1. Leviticus 20:10

    ““‘The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.”

  2. Leviticus 20:11

    ““‘The man who lies with his father’s wife has uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.”

  3. Leviticus 20:14

    ““‘If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there may be no wickedness among you.”

  4. Leviticus 20:20

    “If a man lies with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness. They shall bear their sin. They shall die childless.”

  5. Leviticus 20:21

    ““‘If a man takes his brother’s wife, it is an impurity. He has uncovered his brother’s nakedness. They shall be childless.”

  6. Leviticus 21:4

    “He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.”

  7. Leviticus 21:7

    ““‘They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane. They shall not marry a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.”

  8. Leviticus 21:13

    ““‘He shall take a wife in her virginity.”

  9. Leviticus 21:14

    “A widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry: but a virgin of his own people shall he take as a wife.”

  10. Numbers 5:12

    ““Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: ‘If any man’s wife goes astray, and is unfaithful to him,”

  11. Numbers 5:14

    “and the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she is defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she isn’t defiled:”

  12. Numbers 5:15

    “then the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring her offering for her: one tenth of an ephah of barley meal. He shall pour no oil on it, nor put frankincense on it, for it is a meal offering of jealousy, a meal offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to memory.”

  13. Numbers 5:29

    ““‘This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goes astray, and is defiled;”

  14. Numbers 5:30

    “or when the spirit of jealousy comes on a man, and he is jealous of his wife; then he shall set the woman before Yahweh, and the priest shall execute on her all this law.”

  15. Numbers 26:59

    “The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.”

  16. Numbers 30:16

    “These are the statutes which Yahweh commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in her youth, in her father’s house.”

  17. Numbers 36:8

    “Every daughter who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may each possess the inheritance of his fathers.”

  18. Deuteronomy 5:21

    ““You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. Neither shall you desire your neighbor’s house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.””

  19. Deuteronomy 13:6

    “If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods,” which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;”

  20. Deuteronomy 20:7

    “What man is there who has pledged to be married a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.””

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.