Kohathite: 30 Bible Verses About Marriage From The Old Testament

30 Bible Verses About Marriage From The Old Testament

Here’s a list of 30 Old Testament Bible verses about marriage, covering love, companionship, faithfulness, and family.

Genesis 2:18 – “The Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.’”
Genesis 2:24 – “That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.”
Proverbs 18:22 – “He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord.”
Proverbs 19:14 – “Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.”
Proverbs 31:10 – “A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.”
Proverbs 31:11 – “Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value.”
Proverbs 31:12 – “She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.”
Proverbs 31:25-26 – “She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.”
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 – “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up.”
Ecclesiastes 9:9 – “Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun.”
Song of Solomon 2:16 – “My beloved is mine and I am his; he browses among the lilies.”
Song of Solomon 3:4 – “I have found the one my heart loves.”
Song of Solomon 4:9 – “You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes.”
Song of Solomon 6:3 – “I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine; he browses among the lilies.”
Song of Solomon 8:6 – “Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave.”
Malachi 2:14 – “The Lord is acting as the witness between you and the wife of your youth, because you have broken faith with her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.”
Malachi 2:15 – “Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does he desire? Godly offspring.”
Ruth 1:16-17 – “Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.”
Genesis 24:67 – “Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.”
Genesis 29:20 – “So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.”
Genesis 29:30 – “Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah, and he served Laban for another seven years.”
Exodus 20:14 – “You shall not commit adultery.”
Leviticus 18:18 – “Do not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.”
Deuteronomy 24:5 – “When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom he has taken.”
Deuteronomy 22:13-19 – Laws regarding marital fidelity and honesty.
Psalm 128:3 – “Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.”
Psalm 127:1-2 – “Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain. In vain you rise early and stay up late.”
Proverbs 5:18-19 – “May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. A loving doe, a graceful deer—may her breasts satisfy you always.”
Proverbs 12:4 – “A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.”
Proverbs 20:6-7 – “Many claim to have unfailing love, but a faithful person who can find? The righteous lead blameless lives; blessed are their children after them.”