Bible Verses About Engagement Before Marriage
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for engagement before marriage, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 541 votes, led by Philippians 4:6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Engagement Before Marriage
Philippians 4:631 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
1 Corinthians 10:3129 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
1 Peter 4:826 votes
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Genesis 2:2424 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Proverbs 18:2222 votes
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 13:4-822 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Mark 10:919 votes
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Matthew 19:4-618 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,
Hebrews 13:418 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Proverbs 31:1017 votes
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
John 15:1217 votes
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-1216 votes
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Colossians 3:1416 votes
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Ecclesiastes 4:1215 votes
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Matthew 19:615 votes
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
1 Corinthians 13:1314 votes
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Galatians 6:714 votes
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Ephesians 4:1-314 votes
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
Deuteronomy 24:513 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.
1 Corinthians 16:1413 votes
Let all your things be done with charity.
Ephesians 5:3313 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 Peter 3:713 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 13:1-1312 votes
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
Ephesians 5:22-3312 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Revelation 1:112 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
What does the Bible say about engagement before marriage?
Readers most often cite Philippians 4:6 on the subject of engagement before marriage. Across 541 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 10:31, 1 Peter 4:8, Genesis 2:24. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.