15 Bible Verses About Love and Marriage

Happy new month! Welcome to the month of June. Fun fact; June is named after the Roman goddess Juno, who is the goddess of marriage and a married couple’s household. Talking of marriage and weddings, we know planning a wedding could be so stressful and it’s easy to get lost in the moment. That’s why I recommend you get in touch with these Afro Caribbean vendors and use these tips to help with the Wedding Planning dilemma. Also when planning a wedding, many couples turn to the bible which is an excellent thing to do. 

The Bible provides numerous verses that give guidance for married couples, husbands, wives, newlyweds, and engaged. It reminds us that love is patient and kind. Whether your big wedding day is coming up or you’ve been married for a couple of months, a couple of years, or almost a lifetime, there’s always room to grow in faith and love. There is always more to learn about how married life can be, as you’re combining the lives of two people to create one family. Hence, you need all the guidance and wisdom you can get.

We’ve curated our favorite bible verses about love and marriage, just for you. So, the next time you need some inspiration, guidance, or you simply want to grow closer with your partner, turn to these bible verses.

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Bible Verses About Marriage

Genesis 2:24

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

Genesis 1:27-28

“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.’ “

Ecclesiastes 4:9 

“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. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone?”

Ephesians 5:25-33

“Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, …”

Mark 10:9

“Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

Song of Solomon 2:16

“My beloved is mine, and I am his; he grazes among the lilies.”

Proverbs 3:3-4

“Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.”

Proverbs 31:10

“A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.”

Bible Verses About Love

15 Bible Verses About Love and Marriage
15 Bible Verses About Love and Marriage                                                                      Photo by Janno Reyes from Unsplash

1 Corinthians 13:4-5 

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.”

Colossians 3:14

“And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.”

1 John 4:8

“Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.”

1 Peter 4:8

“Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.”

Romans 13:8

“Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.”

Song of Solomon 8:7

“Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned.”

Proverbs 10:12

“Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.”

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