Bible Verses About Monogamy
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for monogamy, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,651 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 7:2. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Monogamy
1 Corinthians 7:2165 votes
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
1 Corinthians 7:1-40103 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Deuteronomy 17:1791 votes
Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
Genesis 2:2480 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
1 Timothy 3:280 votes
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Hebrews 13:469 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Genesis 2:1866 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.
Proverbs 18:2260 votes
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
Mark 10:856 votes
And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
1 Peter 4:849 votes
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Proverbs 31:1048 votes
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Proverbs 12:447 votes
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Mark 10:946 votes
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Ecclesiastes 4:1244 votes
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Mark 10:743 votes
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
Genesis 1:27-2841 votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Matthew 19:941 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.
Ephesians 5:3339 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 Peter 3:739 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.
Colossians 3:18-1938 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
Matthew 19:4-635 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,
Leviticus 18:1834 votes
Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
Ephesians 5:2534 votes
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
1 Timothy 3:1-1633 votes
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Ephesians 4:2-331 votes
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
What does the Bible say about monogamy?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 7:2 on the subject of monogamy. Across 2,651 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 7:1-40, Deuteronomy 17:17, Genesis 2:24. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.