Bible Verses About Courtship
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for courtship, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,614 votes, led by Proverbs 18:22. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Courtship
Proverbs 18:22123 votes
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 7:1-40122 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Timothy 4:12117 votes
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
1 Corinthians 6:1887 votes
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Ruth 3:9-1377 votes
And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.
Matthew 19:575 votes
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
2 Timothy 2:2273 votes
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
1 Corinthians 7:272 votes
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Jeremiah 29:1165 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Matthew 5:27-3059 votes
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
Genesis 2:2455 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Judges 14:752 votes
And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
1 Corinthians 7:149 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Hebrews 10:2649 votes
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
1 Thessalonians 4:1-840 votes
Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
Revelation 14:1239 votes
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Proverbs 19:237 votes
Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
Proverbs 3:5-733 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
1 Corinthians 11:1-3432 votes
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Amos 3:330 votes
Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
Job 31:127 votes
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
Proverbs 4:2327 votes
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
2 Corinthians 1:1225 votes
For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Romans 12:923 votes
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Psalms 37:122 votes
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
What does the Bible say about courtship?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 18:22 on the subject of courtship. Across 1,614 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 7:1-40, 1 Timothy 4:12, 1 Corinthians 6:18. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.