What Does the Bible Say About Soulmates?

Genesis 2:18 ESV / 70 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.”

Mark 9:23 ESV / 43 helpful votes

And Jesus said to him, “‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who believes.”

1 Corinthians 7:2 ESV / 41 helpful votes

But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.

Isaiah 34:16 ESV / 40 helpful votes

Seek and read from the book of the Lord: Not one of these shall be missing; none shall be without her mate. For the mouth of the Lord has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them.

1 John 4:19 ESV / 39 helpful votes

We love because he first loved us.

Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 38 helpful votes

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

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 38 helpful votes

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

1 Corinthians 7:9 ESV / 38 helpful votes

But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 36 helpful votes

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

1 Corinthians 7:1-40 ESV / 29 helpful votes

Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. ...

John 15:13 ESV / 29 helpful votes

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 26 helpful votes

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ...

Mark 10:7-9 ESV / 26 helpful votes

‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and 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.”

Mark 7:1-37 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, holding to the tradition of the elders, and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.) And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?” ...

Proverbs 18:22 ESV / 22 helpful votes

He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:36 ESV / 20 helpful votes

If anyone thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his betrothed, if his passions are strong, and it has to be, let him do as he wishes: let them marry—it is no sin.

Matthew 16:26 ESV / 17 helpful votes

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?

Proverbs 31:10-31 ESV / 17 helpful votes

An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands. She is like the ships of the merchant; she brings her food from afar. ...

1 Corinthians 7:1-9 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. ...

Proverbs 13:20 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

1 Corinthians 7:3 ESV / 15 helpful votes

The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband.

1 Samuel 18:1 ESV / 15 helpful votes

As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 15 helpful votes

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

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 13 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood ...

John 3:16-17 ESV / 13 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. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Mark 2:17 ESV / 13 helpful votes

And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

1 Corinthians 7:11 ESV / 12 helpful votes

(but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife.

Ezekiel 18:4 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins shall die.

Proverbs 13:6 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless, but sin overthrows the wicked.

Proverbs 13:4 ESV / 12 helpful votes

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

Malachi 2:16 ESV / 11 helpful votes

“For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless.”

Ephesians 5:26 ESV / 10 helpful votes

That he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,

1 Corinthians 12:31 ESV / 10 helpful votes

But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.

Romans 1:27 ESV / 10 helpful votes

And the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

John 1:2 ESV / 10 helpful votes

He was in the beginning with God.

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!

Mark 6:1-56 ESV / 9 helpful votes

He went away from there and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. And on the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things? What is the wisdom given to him? How are such mighty works done by his hands? Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him. And Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own household.” And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them. ...

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 9 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

Mark 10:11-12 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And he said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her, and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”

39 Bible Verses about Soulmates

Genesis 2:18 ESV / 70 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 9:23 ESV / 43 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 7:2 ESV / 41 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 34:16 ESV / 40 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 4:19 ESV / 39 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 38 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 38 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 7:9 ESV / 38 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 36 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 7:1-40 ESV / 29 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 15:13 ESV / 29 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 26 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 10:7-9 ESV / 26 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 7:1-37 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 18:22 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 7:36 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 16:26 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 31:10-31 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 7:1-9 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 13:20 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 7:3 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Samuel 18:1 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16-17 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 2:17 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 7:11 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezekiel 18:4 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 13:6 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 13:4 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Malachi 2:16 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:26 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 12:31 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 1:27 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:2 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 6:1-56 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 10:11-12 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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