Engagement Before Marriage

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 →

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

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

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

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

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

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

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, — read the full passage →

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

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.

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

Let all your things be done with charity.

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.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. — read the full passage →

Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

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.

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 →

For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — 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.

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; — read the full passage →

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

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

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

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.

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 →

My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

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

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

For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. — read the full passage →

For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.

Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

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

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

Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.

And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.

And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. — read the full passage →

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. — read the full passage →

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. — read the full passage →

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. — read the full passage →

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

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 →

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. — read the full passage →

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

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

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

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. — read the full passage →

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: — read the full passage →

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

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 →

And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — 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. — read the full passage →