Married couples will be the first to admit that the honeymoon phase doesn't last forever. Relationships — whether you are newlyweds or about to celebrate your fiftieth anniversary — take hard work and lots of patience. There may not be butterflies and shared smiles everyday, but that doesn't mean your love for each other isn't strong. Loving relationships and happy marriages are about your commitment to love one another through the good times and the bad. And if you are looking for inspiring scripture to get you through the tough days, or are searching for a passage to share with the one you love most, these Bible verses about marriage will remind you why you exchanged those two simple words that carry so much meaning.
Your significant other will appreciate receiving one of these Bible verses, whether you two are celebrating a major anniversary this year or just had a fight. Perhaps you'll even find the passage you read during your wedding ceremony. Verses about marriage can be nostalgic and emotional, but they can also serve as guides from God that can help you when your marriage is struggling. Of course, reading these verses may not solve pent up anger or resentment, but God's words can help make your love grow stronger if you are both present and willing. These marriage verses can also make a beautiful note to add to your spouse's anniversary gift or Valentine's Day Card. But you don't need a holiday or special reason to tell your partner how much you love them, and these marriage Bible verses can help you do just that.
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"Also, one can be overpowered, but two together can put up resistance. A three-ply cord doesn’t easily snap."
“If I have the gift of prophecy and I know all the mysteries and everything else, and if I have such complete faith that I can move mountains but I don’t have love, I’m nothing.”
“That’s how husbands ought to love their wives — in the same way as they do their own bodies. Anyone who loves his wife loves himself. No one ever hates his own body, but feeds it and takes care of it just like Christ does for the church because we are parts of his body.”
“Everything should be done in love.”
“You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride! You have captured my heart with one glance from your eyes, with one strand of your necklace. How beautiful is your loving, my sister, my bride! Your loving is so much better than wine, and your fragrance better than any perfume!”
“Tell me all about your faithful love come morning time, because I trust you. Show me the way I should go, because I offer my life up to you.”
“But Ruth replied, ‘Don’t urge me to abandon you, to turn back from following after you. Wherever you go, I will go; and wherever you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Wherever you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord do this to me and more so if even death separates me from you.’”
“No sooner did I depart from them than I found the one whom I love with all my heart. I held on to him and now I won’t let him go, until I’ve brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.”
“Conduct yourselves with all humility, gentleness, and patience. Accept each other with love, and make an effort to preserve the unity of the Spirit with the peace that ties you together.”
“Two are better than one because they have a good return for their hard work. If either should fall, one can pick up the other. But how miserable are those who fall and don’t have a companion to help them up! Also, if two lie down together, they can stay warm. But how can anyone stay warm alone? Also, one can be overpowered, but two together can put up resistance. A three-ply cord doesn’t easily snap.”
“This is the reason that a man leaves his father and mother and embraces his wife, and they become one flesh.”
“As for husbands, love your wives just like Christ loved the church and gave himself for her.”
“And over all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.”
“Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is as strong as death, passionate love unrelenting as the grave. Its darts are darts of fire — divine flame! Rushing waters can’t quench love; rivers can’t wash it away. If someone gave all his estate in exchange for love, he would be laughed to utter shame.”
“God created humanity in God’s own image, in the divine image God created them, male and female God created them. God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and master it. Take charge of the fish of the sea, the birds in the sky, and everything crawling on the ground.’”
“Don’t let loyalty and faithfulness leave you. Bind them on your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.”
“Love is patient, love is kind, it isn’t jealous, it doesn’t brag, it isn’t arrogant, it isn’t rude, it doesn’t seek its own advantage, it isn’t irritable, it doesn’t keep a record of complaints, it isn’t happy with injustice, but it is happy with the truth. Love puts up with all things, trusts in all things, hopes for all things, endures all things. Love never fails. As for prophecies, they will be brought to an end. As for tongues, they will stop. As for knowledge, it will be brought to an end.”
“So continue encouraging each other and building each other up, just like you are doing already.”
“So they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore, humans must not pull apart what God has put together.”
“Faithful love and truth have met; righteousness and peace have kissed.”
“Above all, show sincere love to each other, because love brings about the forgiveness of many sins.”
“I belong to my lover and he belongs to me — the one grazing among the lilies.”
“Put aside all bitterness, losing your temper, anger, shouting, and slander, along with every other evil. Be kind, compassionate, and forgiving to each other, in the same way God forgave you in Christ.”
“Love each other like the members of your family. Be the best at showing honor to each other.”
“This is my commandment: love one another just as have I loved you.”
“May your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth. She is a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts intoxicate you all the time; always be drunk on her love.”
“A strong woman is a crown to her husband, but a disgraceful woman is like rot in his bones.”
“He who finds a wife finds what is good, gaining favor from the Lord.”
“Many people will say that they are loyal, but who can find a reliable person? The righteous live with integrity; happy are their children who come after them.”
“A newly married man doesn’t have to march in battle. Neither should any related duties be placed on him. He is to live free of such responsibilities for one year, so he can bring joy to his new wife.”
Christy Piña
Digital Fellow
Christy Piña is the digital fellow at WomansDay.com, where she covers women’s issues, lifestyle, and entertainment.
Alexa Tucker
Freelance Writer
Alexa is a Denver-based writer and editor who covers all things health and wellness, lifestyle, travel, and beauty.
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