Bible Verses About Married the Wrong Person
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for married the wrong person, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 928 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 7:15. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Married the Wrong Person
1 Corinthians 7:1565 votes
But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
Matthew 19:963 votes
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
Malachi 2:1653 votes
For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
Psalms 37:449 votes
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Matthew 19:644 votes
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
1 Peter 3:141 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;
Ephesians 4:3240 votes
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Ephesians 5:3338 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.
Genesis 2:2437 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Genesis 2:1835 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.
1 Corinthians 7:32-3532 votes
But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
1 Corinthians 13:1-1332 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.
Matthew 6:3330 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
1 Peter 5:730 votes
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
1 Corinthians 7:1-4026 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Matthew 5:3224 votes
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Ephesians 5:2523 votes
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
2 Corinthians 6:1418 votes
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
John 3:1617 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
1 Corinthians 7:10-1117 votes
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
Matthew 19:1215 votes
For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
James 1:13-1714 votes
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
1 Peter 3:714 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.
Mark 10:913 votes
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Romans 8:1-3913 votes
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
What does the Bible say about married the wrong person?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 7:15 on the subject of married the wrong person. Across 928 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 19:9, Malachi 2:16, Psalms 37:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.