Bible Verses About Widows Remarrying
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for widows remarrying, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,394 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 7:39. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Widows Remarrying
1 Corinthians 7:39168 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.
Romans 7:3107 votes
So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
Romans 7:294 votes
For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
1 Timothy 5:989 votes
Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
1 Corinthians 7:8-988 votes
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
1 Timothy 5:1476 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 7:1-4065 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Romans 7:1-364 votes
Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
Matthew 5:3260 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.
1 Timothy 5:1-2555 votes
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
Luke 16:1841 votes
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
1 Timothy 5:532 votes
Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
1 Timothy 3:227 votes
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1 Corinthians 7:826 votes
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
Matthew 5:31-3223 votes
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
1 Timothy 5:1123 votes
But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
Genesis 2:2421 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
1 Corinthians 7:120 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Ephesians 5:22-3319 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
1 Timothy 3:1219 votes
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
1 Timothy 5:1019 votes
Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
Malachi 2:14-1618 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.
1 Corinthians 7:1518 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 19:917 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.
Leviticus 21:716 votes
They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
What does the Bible say about widows remarrying?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 7:39 on the subject of widows remarrying. Across 1,394 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 7:3, Romans 7:2, 1 Timothy 5:9. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.