10 Encouraging Bible Verses About Marriage

The Bible has a lot to say about the topic of marriage. In times of struggle or dispute between a husband and a wife it can be an encouragement to seek the Bible for answers. Here are 10 Bible verses about marriage:

#1 Encouraging Bible verses about Marriage
Genesis 2:18 (New International Version)

¹⁸ The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."

#2 Encouraging Bible verse about Marriage

Ephesians 4:2-3 (New International Version)

²Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. ³Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

#3 Encouraging Bible verse about Marriage

2 Corinthians 6:14-15 (New International Version)

Do Not Be Yoked With Unbelievers ¹⁴Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? ¹⁵What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?

#4 Encouraging Bible verse about Marriage
Proverbs 17:14 (New International Version)

¹⁴ Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam;
so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.

#5 Encouraging Bible verse about Marriage
1 Peter 3:1-6 (New International Version)

1 Peter 3Wives and Husbands ¹Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, ²when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. ³Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. ⁴Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight. ⁵For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their own husbands, ⁶like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.

#6 Encouraging Bible verse about Marriage

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (New International Version)

⁹ Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their work:

¹⁰ If one falls down,
his friend can help him up.
But pity the man who falls
and has no one to help him up!

¹¹ Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.
But how can one keep warm alone?

¹² Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

#7 Encouraging Bible verse about Marriage
Philippians 2:2 (New International Version)

²then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.

#8 Encouraging Bible verse about Marriage

Proverbs 5:18-19 (New International Version)

¹⁸ May your fountain be blessed,
and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.

¹⁹ A loving doe, a graceful deer'"
may her breasts satisfy you always,
may you ever be captivated by her love.

#9 Encouraging Bible verse about Marriage
Proverbs 19:14 (New International Version)

¹⁴ Houses and wealth are inherited from parents,
but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

#10 Encouraging Bible verse about Marriage
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (New International Version)

⁴Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

⁸Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

When you seek guidance in your marriage from God his holy word will make your marriage far better than you attempting to guide your own marriage!

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