What Does the Bible Say About Looking For A Husband?

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 11 helpful votes

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Romans 10:13 ESV / 9 helpful votes

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Romans 10:9 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

1 Timothy 2:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.

1 Corinthians 4:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.

John 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Matthew 19:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”

John 20:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

Exodus 20:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“You shall not murder.

Matthew 24:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Matthew 18:1-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, ...

Proverbs 23:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol.

Exodus 21:22-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and he shall pay as the judges determine. But if there is harm, then you shall pay life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

1 John 2:27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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

Romans 9:1-33 ESV / 1 helpful vote

I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit— that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh. They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises. To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen. ...

Acts 2:38 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

John 19:41 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.

Luke 16:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

Matthew 24:1-51 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.” As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” And Jesus answered them, “See that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray. ...

Job 10:8-12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Your hands fashioned and made me, and now you have destroyed me altogether. Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust? Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese? You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews. You have granted me life and steadfast love, and your care has preserved my spirit.

27 Bible Verses about Looking For A Husband

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 16 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 11 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Romans 10:13 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Romans 10:9 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 4:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Matthew 19:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 20:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Exodus 20:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 24:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 18:1-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 23:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 21:22-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 2:27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 1:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 9:1-33 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 2:38 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 19:41 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Luke 16:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 24:1-51 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Job 10:8-12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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27 Bible Verses about Looking For A Husband

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1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 16 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 11 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Romans 10:13 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Romans 10:9 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 4:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Matthew 19:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 20:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Exodus 20:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 24:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 18:1-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 23:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 21:22-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 2:27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 1:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 9:1-33 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 2:38 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 19:41 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Luke 16:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 24:1-51 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Job 10:8-12 ESV / 1 helpful vote