Bible Verses About Matrimony
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for matrimony, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 313 votes, led by Matthew 19:4-6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Matrimony
Matthew 19:4-662 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,
Genesis 2:2441 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Genesis 1:2736 votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
1 Corinthians 7:10-1130 votes
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
Matthew 19:621 votes
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Hebrews 13:420 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Luke 16:1819 votes
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
Genesis 2:1818 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.
Mark 10:816 votes
And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
Genesis 9:115 votes
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
1 Corinthians 7:1-4014 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Genesis 1:2811 votes
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
1 Corinthians 7:3910 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.
What does the Bible say about matrimony?
Readers most often cite Matthew 19:4-6 on the subject of matrimony. Across 313 votes, 13 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 2:24, Genesis 1:27, 1 Corinthians 7:10-11. This page lists all 13 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.