What Does the Bible Say About Marriage Promise?

Genesis 2:18 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

Matthew 19:6 ESV / 11 helpful votes

So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Mark 10:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes

What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Ecclesiastes 9:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.

Exodus 20:14 ESV / 8 helpful votes

“You shall not commit adultery.

Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Proverbs 5:18-19 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love.

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

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

Matthew 19:5-6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Ephesians 5:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Matthew 19:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

Ephesians 5:31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 3 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.

Romans 7:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage.

Matthew 19:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.

Matthew 19:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,

Exodus 20:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.”

Ephesians 5:32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.

Exodus 21:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marital rights.

26 Bible Verses about Marriage Promise

Genesis 2:18 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Matthew 19:6 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Mark 10:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 9:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Exodus 20:14 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 7 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Proverbs 5:18-19 ESV / 6 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Matthew 19:5-6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 19:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 7:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 19:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 19:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 21:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Suggest a Verse

Enter a Verse Reference (e.g., John 3:16-17)

26 Bible Verses about Marriage Promise

Genesis 2:18 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 19:6 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 10:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 9:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 20:14 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 5:18-19 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 19:5-6 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 19:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:31 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 7:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 19:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 7:39 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 19:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 20:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:32 ESV / 1 helpful vote Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 21:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote Helpful Not Helpful

Suggest a Verse

Enter a Verse Reference (e.g., John 3:16-17)

Genesis 2:18 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Matthew 19:6 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Mark 10:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 9:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Exodus 20:14 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 7 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Proverbs 5:18-19 ESV / 6 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Matthew 19:5-6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 19:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 7:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 19:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 19:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 21:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote