Early Marriage

But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry. — read the full passage →

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. — read the full passage →

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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: — read the full passage →

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

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.

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.

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; — read the full passage →

And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. — read the full passage →

If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, — read the full passage →

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.

And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, — read the full passage →

And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. — read the full passage →

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. — read the full passage →

And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. — read the full passage →

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: — read the full passage →

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.

And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. — read the full passage →

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. — read the full passage →

But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →

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.

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. — read the full passage →

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please. — read the full passage →

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: — read the full passage →

For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. — read the full passage →

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; — read the full passage →

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. — read the full passage →

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. — read the full passage →

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. — read the full passage →

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. — read the full passage →

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. — read the full passage →

And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →

This is the thing which the Lord doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. — read the full passage →

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

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. — read the full passage →

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. — read the full passage →

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: — read the full passage →

For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. — read the full passage →

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. — read the full passage →

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. — read the full passage →

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

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.

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. — read the full passage →

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: — read the full passage →

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. — read the full passage →

And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. — read the full passage →

And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges; — read the full passage →

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; — read the full passage →

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — read the full passage →

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Let all your things be done with charity.

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

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.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: — read the full passage →