Bible Verses About Marriage
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for marriage, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 65,982 votes, led by Genesis 2:24. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Marriage
Genesis 2:242,824 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Hebrews 13:42,612 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Proverbs 18:222,513 votes
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 7:1-402,487 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Corinthians 13:4-72,047 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
2 Corinthians 6:142,033 votes
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Ephesians 5:22-331,942 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Ephesians 5:25-331,374 votes
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
1 Peter 3:71,320 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.
Proverbs 21:91,250 votes
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Proverbs 19:141,189 votes
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.
Genesis 2:181,028 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.
Matthew 19:2-91,010 votes
And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
Ephesians 5:33993 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 Corinthians 7:39962 votes
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
Proverbs 31:10961 votes
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Ephesians 5:25953 votes
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
1 Peter 4:8811 votes
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Matthew 19:4-6797 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,
Colossians 3:18-19777 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
Mark 10:8-12761 votes
And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
1 Peter 3:1-5710 votes
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
Malachi 2:13-16686 votes
And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.
Genesis 2:20-24671 votes
And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Deuteronomy 24:5659 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.
What does the Bible say about marriage?
Readers most often cite Genesis 2:24 on the subject of marriage. Across 65,982 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Hebrews 13:4, Proverbs 18:22, 1 Corinthians 7:1-40. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.