Bible Verses About Marriage

28 verses in the King James Version (KJV) and the Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Marriage shows up on the Bible's first pages and its last, and in between it is treated as something both beautiful and demanding. These verses speak about becoming one, about patient and selfless love, and about faithfulness through ordinary days. They work well for wedding readings and anniversary cards, but they are perhaps most helpful in the middle of a hard week together. Read them as a couple, or on your own, as a picture of what a lasting marriage can be.

Genesis 2:18

KJV

And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
BSB

The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
Genesis 2:24

KJV

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
BSB

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
Mark 10:8

KJV

And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
BSB

and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
Mark 10:9

KJV

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
BSB

Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
Matthew 19:6

KJV

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
BSB

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
Ephesians 5:21

KJV

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
BSB

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Ephesians 5:25

KJV

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
BSB

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
Ephesians 5:33

KJV

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
BSB

Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Ephesians 4:2

KJV

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
BSB

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
Colossians 3:14

KJV

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
BSB

And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.
Colossians 3:18

KJV

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
BSB

Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
Colossians 3:19

KJV

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
BSB

Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
1 Corinthians 13:4

KJV

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
BSB

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
1 Corinthians 13:7

KJV

Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
BSB

It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Peter 3:7

KJV

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
BSB

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
1 Peter 4:8

KJV

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
BSB

Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
Proverbs 18:22

KJV

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
BSB

He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
Proverbs 31:10

KJV

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
BSB

A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.
Proverbs 31:11

KJV

The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
BSB

The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value.
Proverbs 31:12

KJV

She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
BSB

She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life.
Ecclesiastes 4:9

KJV

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
BSB

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.
Ecclesiastes 4:12

KJV

And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
BSB

And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
Hebrews 13:4

KJV

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
BSB

Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Song of Solomon 8:7

KJV

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
BSB

Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.
Song of Solomon 2:16

KJV

My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
BSB

My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
Ruth 1:16

KJV

And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
BSB

But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
Proverbs 5:18

KJV

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
BSB

May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
1 Corinthians 7:3

KJV

Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
BSB

The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.

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