Bible Verses About Christian Marriage
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for christian marriage, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,262 votes, led by Hebrews 13:4. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Christian Marriage
Hebrews 13:443 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Ephesians 5:2541 votes
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Proverbs 18:2240 votes
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
1 Peter 3:738 votes
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.
1 Corinthians 13:4-836 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Genesis 2:2433 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
1 Corinthians 13:4-732 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
2 Corinthians 6:1432 votes
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
1 Peter 4:832 votes
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Matthew 19:931 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.
Genesis 2:1830 votes
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Colossians 3:18-1930 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-1228 votes
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Proverbs 19:1426 votes
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.
1 Corinthians 16:1425 votes
Let all your things be done with charity.
Ephesians 5:22-3324 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Ephesians 5:3324 votes
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
1 John 4:724 votes
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
Deuteronomy 24:522 votes
When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
Proverbs 21:922 votes
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Proverbs 31:1022 votes
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Mark 10:8-1222 votes
And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
Matthew 19:4-619 votes
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
Genesis 2:22-2418 votes
And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Proverbs 12:418 votes
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
What does the Bible say about christian marriage?
Readers most often cite Hebrews 13:4 on the subject of christian marriage. Across 1,262 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 5:25, Proverbs 18:22, 1 Peter 3:7. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.