Bible Verses About Long Distance Relationships
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for long distance relationships, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,328 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 13:7. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Long Distance Relationships
1 Corinthians 13:7493 votes
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Colossians 2:5336 votes
For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7312 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Genesis 31:49253 votes
And Mizpah; for he said, The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
Joshua 1:9188 votes
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12183 votes
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Matthew 18:19127 votes
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
Proverbs 3:5-8110 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Philippians 1:398 votes
I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
Luke 18:194 votes
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Genesis 2:2481 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Jeremiah 32:2780 votes
Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?
Deuteronomy 24:578 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 13:1264 votes
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Song of Songs 3:1-463 votes
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Habakkuk 2:360 votes
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Isaiah 41:1057 votes
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Proverbs 10:1256 votes
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Matthew 19:646 votes
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Luke 1:3746 votes
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Philippians 4:843 votes
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
1 Corinthians 13:1-1341 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.
Genesis 29:2039 votes
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
Philippians 2:1233 votes
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Romans 8:24-2532 votes
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
What does the Bible say about long distance relationships?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 13:7 on the subject of long distance relationships. Across 3,328 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Colossians 2:5, 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, Genesis 31:49. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.