Bible Verses About Wanting to Be Married
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for wanting to be married, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,754 votes, led by Genesis 2:18. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Wanting to Be Married
Genesis 2:18250 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 18:22207 votes
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
Hebrews 13:4156 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Matthew 19:4-6153 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,
1 Corinthians 7:2144 votes
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Genesis 2:24132 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Proverbs 19:14124 votes
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.
2 Corinthians 6:14113 votes
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Ephesians 5:22-33102 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
1 Timothy 5:1496 votes
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
1 Corinthians 7:989 votes
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
Proverbs 31:10-1171 votes
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
1 Corinthians 7:1-4068 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Ephesians 5:3166 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.
1 Peter 3:755 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.
1 Peter 3:1-752 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;
1 Corinthians 7:8-941 votes
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
Genesis 24:6740 votes
And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
Ruth 1:16-1738 votes
And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
Proverbs 31:10-1238 votes
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Proverbs 12:437 votes
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Song of Songs 8:6-736 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.
Psalms 37:434 votes
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Song of Songs 3:429 votes
It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
Proverbs 31:1028 votes
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
What does the Bible say about wanting to be married?
Readers most often cite Genesis 2:18 on the subject of wanting to be married. Across 2,754 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 18:22, 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.