Bible Verses About Sacrament of Marriage
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for sacrament of marriage, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,604 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 Sacrament of Marriage
Genesis 2:24239 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Mark 10:6-9224 votes
But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
Hebrews 13:4178 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Matthew 19:4-6173 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,
Proverbs 18:22144 votes
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
Malachi 2:14-15126 votes
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
Matthew 19:6108 votes
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
1 Peter 3:1-7107 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 5:22-33102 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Proverbs 19:14101 votes
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.
Song of Songs 8:6-782 votes
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
Ephesians 5:31-3373 votes
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
Colossians 3:18-1968 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-1264 votes
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
1 Corinthians 7:1-1653 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Genesis 2:1850 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 7:249 votes
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
1 Corinthians 13:4-849 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1 Corinthians 13:4-748 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Ephesians 5:3237 votes
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Proverbs 31:10-1136 votes
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
1 Corinthians 11:335 votes
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
1 Timothy 3:235 votes
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1 Peter 3:734 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.
Genesis 1:27-2831 votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
What does the Bible say about sacrament of marriage?
Readers most often cite Genesis 2:24 on the subject of sacrament of marriage. Across 2,604 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Mark 10:6-9, Hebrews 13:4, Matthew 19:4-6. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.