Bible Verses About Engagement
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for engagement, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,366 votes, led by Ecclesiastes 4:9. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Engagement
Ecclesiastes 4:9182 votes
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Colossians 3:14135 votes
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Hosea 2:19-20116 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.
Mark 10:9104 votes
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Amos 3:392 votes
Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
Mark 10:872 votes
And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
Proverbs 18:2248 votes
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
John 1:345 votes
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
1 Corinthians 13:1-1345 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.
John 15:1244 votes
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Proverbs 19:1443 votes
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.
Song of Songs 8:640 votes
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
Matthew 19:637 votes
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
1 John 4:733 votes
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
1 Kings 9:332 votes
And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
1 Corinthians 7:1032 votes
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
Deuteronomy 24:527 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.
Isaiah 43:427 votes
Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
Deuteronomy 20:722 votes
And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
Psalms 48:1418 votes
For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
Ecclesiastes 4:1218 votes
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
2 Corinthians 11:218 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.
Hebrews 13:418 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Genesis 12:1-2016 votes
Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
2 John 1:216 votes
For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
What does the Bible say about engagement?
Readers most often cite Ecclesiastes 4:9 on the subject of engagement. Across 1,366 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Colossians 3:14, Hosea 2:19-20, Mark 10:9. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.