Looking for Bible verses about marriage? Here’s a list of scriptures from both the Old and New Testaments. You may find a few scriptures here that may be considered wedding Bible verses. But overall, these scriptures are more appropriate for biblical study and instruction.
A wife is married to her husband as long as he lives. If her husband dies, she is free to marry whomever she wishes, but this must be a marriage acceptable to the Lord. | 1 Corinthians 7:39
As the Scriptures say, “A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.” This is a great mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are one. | Ephesians 5:31-32
And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause? | Matthew 19:3
And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” They said to him, “Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away? | Matthew 19:3-9
But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. | Matthew 5:28
Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. | Jeremiah 17:7
But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace. | 1 Corinthians 7:15
But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe. | Mark 5:36
By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised. Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore. | Hebrews 11:11-12
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. | Matthew 7:15
Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. | 1 Peter 5:7
Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun–all your meaningless days. For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun. | Ecclesiastes 9:9
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. | 1 Corinthians 6:18
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? | Luke 14:28
For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless. | Malachi 2:16
If anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. | Titus 1:6
It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. | Matthew 5:31-32
I have not let my mouth sin by asking for his life with a curse. | Job 31:30
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. | 1 John 1:9
Jesus replied, “Marriage is for people here on earth. | Luke 20:34
Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. | Hebrews 13:4
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. | Romans 15:13
Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man’s dwelling, but a foolish man devours it. | Proverbs 21:20
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. | 1 John 4:18
Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord. | Jeremiah 17:5
To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife. | 1 Corinthians 7:10-11
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. | 2 Corinthians 5:17
The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth. When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. | Psalm 34:16-19
The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender. | Proverbs 22:7
The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. | Proverbs 31:11
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? | Romans 8:35
Whether you’re married or a partner in a committed relationship, being faithful isn’t always easy – but if you commit to being a faithful spouse or partner, you can do it.