Marriage

Marriage is described in the Bible from its first chapters. This page lists verses on its origin, Jesus' teaching, husbands and wives, and faithfulness.

Origin

• Genesis 2:18
  And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
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• Genesis 2:22-24
  ²²And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. ²³And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. ²⁴Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
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Jesus on marriage

• Matthew 19:4-6
  ⁴And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, ⁵And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? ⁶Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
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Husbands and wives

• Ephesians 5:22-25
  ²²Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. ²³For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. ²⁴Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. ²⁵Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
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• Ephesians 5:31-33
  ³¹For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. ³²This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. ³³Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
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• Colossians 3:18-19
  ¹⁸Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. ¹⁹Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
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• 1 Peter 3:7
  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.
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Faithfulness

• Exodus 20:14
  Thou shalt not commit adultery.
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• Hebrews 13:4
  Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
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• Proverbs 5:18
  Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
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• 1 Corinthians 7:2-4
  ²Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. ³Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. ⁴The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
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Finding a spouse

• Proverbs 18:22
  Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
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• Proverbs 31:10
  Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
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See also

• Divorce
• Sexual immorality
• Love

Notes

1. Verses are quoted in the translation chosen in the Translation menu at the top of the page. See Translations for sources and copyright notices.
2. Each reference links to the full chapter so the verse can be read in context.