Bible Verses About Betrothal
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for betrothal, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 314 votes, led by 2 Corinthians 11:2. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Betrothal
2 Corinthians 11:241 votes
For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
Hosea 2:1929 votes
And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
Hosea 2:2029 votes
I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.
Genesis 29:18-3021 votes
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
Matthew 1:1820 votes
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Ephesians 5:3117 votes
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
Matthew 19:916 votes
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
1 Corinthians 7:213 votes
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Deuteronomy 22:23-2412 votes
If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
Luke 1:2712 votes
To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.
Romans 7:212 votes
For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
Ephesians 5:3211 votes
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
1 Peter 3:111 votes
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
Deuteronomy 22:28-2910 votes
If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
Judges 14:1-2010 votes
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
John 14:310 votes
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Romans 7:410 votes
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
Ephesians 5:1-3310 votes
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Ephesians 5:2310 votes
For 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.
Ephesians 5:2410 votes
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
What does the Bible say about betrothal?
Readers most often cite 2 Corinthians 11:2 on the subject of betrothal. Across 314 votes, 20 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Hosea 2:19, Hosea 2:20, Genesis 29:18-30. This page lists all 20 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.