Topic

The Marriage Bed

42 verses · ranked by helpfulness

Hebrews 13:4

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

1 Corinthians 7:1–40

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

Proverbs 5:18–19

Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth. — read the full passage →

Colossians 3:19

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Ephesians 5:22–24

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 10:13

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

Job 31:1

I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?

1 Corinthians 6:18

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

Galatians 5:16–21

But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. — read the full passage →

1 Peter 3:1

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives;

1 Corinthians 7:12–16

But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her. — read the full passage →

Ephesians 5:1–33

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →

Genesis 2:24

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

Luke 16:18

Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth adultery.

Malachi 2:16

For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

Proverbs 18:22

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.

Ephesians 5:22

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:9

But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

1 Corinthians 7:2

But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

Ephesians 5:22–33

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

Romans 7:2

For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

Psalms 91:1–16

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:32

but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.

1 Corinthians 6:13

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

Exodus 20:1–26

And God spake all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 13:13

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

John 3:1–36

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

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

2 Corinthians 6:14

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

Isaiah 61:10

I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

Proverbs 11:16–17

A gracious woman obtaineth honor; And violent men obtain riches. — read the full passage →

Philippians 4:1–23

Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved. — read the full passage →

Philippians 4:1–3

Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 15:33

Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.

1 Corinthians 7:39

A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

Isaiah 11:6–9

And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 4:13

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life.

Matthew 19:9

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.

2 Corinthians 10:3–5

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh — read the full passage →

John 6:37

All that which the Father giveth me shall come unto me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

Isaiah 1:17

learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Acts 2:1–47

And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place. — read the full passage →

Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: ASV.